Change…even for the sake of spiritual growth is difficult and unpleasant. Find help and hope from Peter as you think about the new things God wants to do in you.

In this first sermon of the Struggling with Scripture Series, Father Bob considers the apparent tension between the Old Testament and New Testament vis-a-vis God's wrath and love.

Teenage Jesus returns to his Father's House in search of the truth about his identity, beckoning us to do the same.

Fr. Joe explores one of the earliest hymns of the Christian faith, the Gloria, from the perspective of the angels and the shepherds.

The Rev’d Mary T. Lessmann is Vicar of Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in Dallas. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology at SMU. She was ordained a Priest in February 2010. Prior to being called to Good Samaritan, Mary served as Associate Rector for St. Andrew’s McKinney (2009-13) and before that served as Director of Educational Programs at Church of the Incarnation (2005-08). Mary has a passion for Adult Christian Formation and has taught classes for 15 years, including seasonal Quiet Days and Retreats. Mary is married, to Russ, a banker, and they have two sons.

On Christmas Eve, God showed us that there are no God forsaken people or God forsaken places from which he can’t rescue us.

In the twilight of the dawn, nothing is yet clear. Join Father Wheatley as he takes a look into the confusion and haze surrounding the virgin birth of our Lord, as Joseph experienced it. Trusting God when all is not clear can be the hardest thing to do, but this is the call God places on Joseph, and on all of us who would follow him to the manger.

In this third sermon of the series, Father Bob focuses on St. Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) and invites us to consider Mary’s deep, joyful praise and her celebration of what God has done and what God is like.

Despite the American pursuit of happiness, we don’t seem to know when we’ve found what we’re looking for. In this second sermon in the Uptown series “The First Christmas Carols,” Father Paul looks at the Song of Simeon, and asks how we can recognize the Savior and know peace as Simeon did.