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A God who cannot be doubted is not worth believing in.
God of all Wisdom-- We come together because we need you, Because we need each other, And because we need to hear your Word. And if we...
John Austin
Apr 305 min read


Nothing prevents God, Alleluia!
Twelve years ago this week, I was in a production of the musical Godspell. If you’re not familiar, Godspell is a musical about the life...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Apr 305 min read


Preparing to Lose Jesus
Today, we receive a story that exists in some format or other throughout all four of the Gospels. The story of a woman, anointing Jesus...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Apr 96 min read


Jesus our Mother Hen
When I was going through the discernment process, which is church speak for the communal way an individual determines if they are...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Mar 186 min read


Lent 1 and Ash Wednesday reflection
One of my favorite ways that I have heard sin talked about is less about things you’ve done, thoughts you’ve had, that made us good or...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Mar 113 min read


Do the thing, all y’all, with grace…
We pick up today where we left off with last week’s Gospel. We heard the first half of the sermon on the plain, where Jesus offers...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Feb 266 min read


Yikes, We’ve accepted the status quo, when we could have the kingdom…
God of blessing and woe, disturbing the deadly order of the world: give us faith tested in poverty, hunger for what really satisfies,...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Feb 186 min read


Sermon for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany
God of all purpose and all meaning, We come together because we need you And we need each other, And we need to hear your word. And if we...
John Austin
Feb 116 min read


Two turtle doves
One of the greatest gifts we have in Scripture—perhaps because it is good literature, or it can be read or interpreted in a multitude of...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Feb 46 min read


Prophesy fulfilled in our hearing
Friends, it is so good to be back with you. This is a wild time to return to you all, and I am so grateful. If you are not aware, much of...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jan 295 min read


Sermon for 2nd Sunday in Epiphany, January 19, 2025
God be in our head, and in our understanding. God be in our eyes, and in our looking. God be in our mouth, and in our speaking. God be in...
John Austin
Jan 294 min read


Sermon for Trinity Episcopal-Houghton, January 5, 2025
Open our hearts, O Spirit. open our minds and our spirits. Let us use what you have given us. Let us trust what you have shown us. Let us...
Sherry Mattson
Jan 296 min read


The Prophetic Communion of Elizabeth and Mary
While I never made an official announcement at the beginning of this Advent season, you may have seen in our bulletin or email, that...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Dec 17, 20246 min read


Fear Not
If you have sat near the kiddos in our service or been to a fellowship hour in the last few weeks, you may have noticed that my kiddo,...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Dec 4, 20245 min read


Christ the King
This week, we celebrate the last Sunday of ordinary time in the church calendar. Next week, we will begin a new church year, with the...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Nov 27, 20245 min read


Living during a great emergence
There is a phenomenon in the Judeo-Christian faith that every 500 years or so, “the church” undergoes major systemic change. We can look...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Nov 20, 20245 min read


Pay attention. Notice.
You may know that this week, Trinity officially kicked off its season of stewardship, and the Gospel passage today is one that is usually...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Nov 13, 20245 min read


The cold plunge of baptism
If you don’t know, there is a new sauna company opening on the Hancock side of the canal in the next week or so here. When I found out...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Oct 22, 20245 min read


Give it all up and follow me…
The passages to do with wealth are often tricky ones in scripture, but this one is downright difficult. I read a commentary on the Gospel...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Oct 15, 20247 min read


St. Francis of Assisi
Find below the story of St. Francis of Assisi that we read, from Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints . St. Francis of Assisi
trinityepiscopal20
Oct 9, 20241 min read
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