In this final sermon from the "Framework for Freedom" series, Br. David Vryhof looks to the cell in the monastic tradition to suggest how crucial times of solitude and silence are for all of us. Such times are not just about rest and recovery, but about the work of conversion: where the old self dies and the new self is born.

In this fourth sermon from the "Framework for Freedom" lenten preaching series, Br. Mark Brown encourages us to embrace all the manifold ways that we can come to see divinity: Exploring our humanity is one of the ways we approach the mystery of God

In the third sermon from the "Framework for Freedom" Lenten preaching series, Br, Kevin Hackett looks to our cultural attraction to cell phones and other technologies to suggest how they answer (if only incompletely) our human and spiritual desire to be meaningfully connected to others. In the friendship between Jesus and his disciples, especially the beloved disciple, he finds another model for how we can connect with others and with God, deep to deep, and heart to heart.

How do we remain faithful to the treasure of the Gospel that has been handed down to us? In this second sermon from the "Framework for Freedom" Lenten series, Br. Geoffrey Tristram suggests that change is a crucial element of a faithful response.

In this first sermon from the Lenten preaching series, "A Framework for Freedom," Br. Curtis Almquist commends to us a practice of mutual support and encouragement. This is not a one-time need, he reminds us, but rather an ongoing need for the intervention of love, mediated through other people. Encouragement: you and have need; you have the power.

How are we to look, and at what, and what for? In this final sermon from the series, "Practicing Patience," Br. Curtis Almquist invites us to look now, and at ourselves, and for wonder. "Presume that your life is surrounded and informed by God’s daily visitation." Look for it.

In this third sermon from the series, "Practicing Patience," Br. Kevin Hackett urges us—in these noisy, confusing, and isolating times—to understand the value of listening. Who might need your listening ear today? What might God be asking you to hear?

In this second sermon from the Advent preaching series "Practicing Patience," Br. Geoffrey Tristram sounds the watchman’s trumpet call, the clarion call of Advent, "Look. Wake Up. Watch for the Signs."

In the first sermon of the Advent series, "Practicing Patience," Br. Mark Brown asks: "How are we to wait?" He suggests that Christian waiting need not be passive, but can be active and creative—animated by Christ’s love, creative wisdom, and Spirit.

How different is it to say, “I am a member of the Episcopal Church (or any other denomination),” than to say, “I am a follower of Jesus of Nazareth”? In this final sermon from the "Conversations on the Way" preaching series, Br. Kevin Hackett invites us to consider the difference between being a member of an institution and a follower of a movement. Which would you like to be?