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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
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Oct 9, 20241 min read


So Salty…
I am the oldest child of three, the oldest daughter. As a child, perhaps particularly between the ages of 7 and 11, I was very talented...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Oct 1, 20246 min read


The miracle of recognizing the deep, generational wounds that God can heal
A colleague of mine shared once that she did the math, and that if a preacher responded with a sermon after a school or mass shooting in...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Sep 10, 20246 min read


Baptism and the armor of God
Good morning, and welcome especially to Henry, whom we will welcome fully into the family of God through baptism shortly! At first...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Aug 29, 20244 min read


Remembering the Philadelphia Eleven
Please note, much of the history found in this sermon comes from the Philadelphia Eleven documentary and The Story of the Philadelphia...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jul 30, 20246 min read


The Gift of Rest, by Debie Thomas, with opening for Trinity Episcopal
Our Gospel reading today is kind of an odd one—it’s cut and paste scripture from just before and after the feeding of the five thousand....

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jul 24, 20245 min read


Ordinary is enough
As many know, my son traveled with me to General Convention recently. In the weeks leading up to our travels—the first time that my son...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jul 12, 20246 min read


The Sea is so wide, and my boat is so small
Cat Harbor picnic favorite memory Pasties on the shore. Uncle Werner carving water wheel Gazing into the breaking waves on the rocks in...
Sherry Mattson
Jul 3, 20244 min read


Daring to find ourselves in the company of Jesus
Today in Mark’s gospel, we receive two stories in a format that Mark employs often: a sandwich. This sandwich format intertwines two...

Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt
Jun 11, 20245 min read


Divine Fragility- Sermon for June 2, 2024
My husband has a background in mental health counseling. Somewhere in the first year of our relationship, I was working through some...

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