Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion University City

The Rev. Mike Angell discusses the history of the Episcopal Church, the tradition of Anglican Comprehensiveness, and what it means to share a tradition with folks with whom you might disagree.

How could we use our money more imaginatively, for the sake of those in need?

Seminarian Josephine Ezenwa preaches. The cost of Discipleship is high.

Jesus' banquet is the greatest party you've ever known, because no one will have to be anxious about where they should sit. No one will have to worry about how they should behave. Everyone will be in on the secret: You can just let go. Let the beloved community love you.

When Jesus says, "I have not come to bring peace," I think Jesus is saying, "the peace you think you know, the peace you have to maintain with violence...this is not the kind of peace God wants to give you."

The Rev. Chester Hines asks "am I asking justly, lovingly, giving mercy and walking humbly with God?"

Proverbs tells us "The fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom." Our world has an unhealthy relationship to fear. How might fearing God connect us more deeply in community, and put our lives in perspective?

The theologian Marva Dawn called worship "A Royal Waste of Time." How do we find practices that help us to slow down to the speed of love?

No one makes it through this life alone. No one. We all need a little help sometimes. So today I want to spend some time with the word mercy. What does the Lord require of us but, to do justice, to love mercy, even when doing so makes us humble. Mercy draws us closer to God. Today's teaching from Jesus centers on the practice of mercy.

Seminarian Loretta Go preaches about Evangelism in 2022