Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

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Sermons from the clergy of the Church of the Redeemer, and Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH.

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Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer episodes:

06.10.2024
Are We There Yet? - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
I think we are all familiar with "Are we there yet?" In fact, I can't help thinking that the question, so familiar to family travelers, is an inborn genetic trait that is triggered one hour after the car leaves the...
05.29.2024
The Apostles Love Song - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
I don't remember when I started seeing the oval decals on cars that say just 26.2, but for a long time, it puzzled me. I assumed it referred to a Bible verse, so I looked up all the "26.2's" in...
05.20.2024
On The Fringes - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Are we, perhaps, a little bit afraid of Pentecost? And what the spirit? A couple of weeks ago, our neighbors invited us to attend worship with them at their church. Word of deliverance. I'd been there a couple of times before,...
05.13.2024
Sent Unto the World - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
Think of someone who is suffering from addiction, from depression, from loneliness, self-rejection, rejection by the world. Distress due to finances. Meaningless of life. Think of them as being tossed into the ocean. Do we not hold on...
05.06.2024
The Bigger Picture - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
I don't know about you all, but I feel like I've had more than the usual number of encounters with geese this spring. Maybe you've had that experience too. Frequently as they're crossing a road... And if I...
05.02.2024
The Vine and the Backyard - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
A few years ago, when traveling anywhere was out of the question because of you-know-what, many homeowners thought of turning their own yards into destinations worthy of traveling to--and the staycation was born. My backyard was...
05.02.2024
A Spectrum between Selfless and Selfish - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
While coming down the hill into Hyde Park on Ridge, I noticed a car stopped in the middle of the intersection, and a man standing at the back of his car. Without thinking it through, I pulled off to...
04.04.2024
Recognizing Resurrection - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Our hope rests in God. When God shows up and does the work of transformation, and resurrection in our lives, our part is to recognize God. And if you're not sure how to recognize God, look for love. And I mean,...
04.04.2024
Trust God - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
How many of you have been through hell with God by your side, through the trials of your life, possibly testing you? How about when you get to the other side and God is still there? You know in your heart...
03.30.2024
God's strategy is forgiveness and healing - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
People were getting healed. There were rumors of a savior. We would overthrow our oppressors and be our true selves again under our true ruler. There were some disagreements among us at first, and some confusion, and some people...
03.30.2024
Hospitality without Condescension - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Hospitality is also an integral part of our story tonight. And it's the one that surprised me. I consider myself a pretty great host. I love when people come to my home for dinner. I'm Greek, so there's always enough food...
03.28.2024
The Riddle of Jesus and Judas - The Rev. Gary Lubin
Having his last supper with the disciples a troubled Jesus announces that one of them is his betrayer. And do you know, if you read that carefully, every one of them is bewildered. They have no clue. And their...
03.28.2024
More Intimacy than One can Handle - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Intimacy is connection. Knowing one another. Care and vulnerability. And what Mary shows to this man who is not only her teacher, but her friend, and who we were reminded in this story is the one who literally raised her brother up...
03.28.2024
Intimacy, vulnerability, and steadfast love are interwoven - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
Jesus is describing his own death, a death he understands as necessary for our salvation. So, there's intimacy, vulnerability, and there's deep commitment born of love. We see all three of these in this Gospel reading. ...
03.24.2024
Here is the Messiah - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
We know that the pain and the suffering is still to come. Thinking about the disciples more, are, are they walking along Jesus, flanking him? Might that be something we would have done?...
03.18.2024
Go where Jesus is - Guest Speaker
And often this change that we really want is to desperately go back to when we remember what we remember as simpler or better or easier times. We want our churches to be like they were. And of course, they were wonderful. ...
03.12.2024
Big Feelings - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
People come at us, and we're not really sure where they're coming from. And sometimes our first instinct is to take whatever energies come up that are thrown our way and throw it right back. ...
03.04.2024
Price Gouging - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
When Jesus gets angry, it's because someone is getting in the way of someone else experiencing God's love. In the case of the temple, the people that are there, are selling oxen and livestock and things like that which are...
02.26.2024
When the Self is at the Center - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
He had on multiple occasions, masterfully bested fierce opposition for the most respected religious authorities. He astounded the crowds with his teachings and actions. And he demonstrated both the power and authority expected of a Messiah. However, such an expectation comes...
02.21.2024
My Beloved - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
You are a daughter of God, in you, God is well pleased. You are a son of God, in you, God is well pleased. And I have heard this and I have come to believe it and it has changed...
02.13.2024
The Hill of Your Transfiguration - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
"Maybe your mother would be up on that hill or an aunt that helped you or a grandfather that mentored you. Would it be someone who has shaped the way you see the world like Moses and Elijah did? Would...
02.04.2024
Love is a verb - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Jesus came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them. I almost asked Deacon Gary to take a long pause after that verse in our...
01.22.2024
Will You Follow? - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
Well, how are we different from Jesus first disciples? Well, we have a significant advantage. We know what was accomplished through God's work through Jesus Christ. We know the end of the story. We know that like Jesus'...
01.08.2024
So Many Questions - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
You know how they say you are what you eat? Well, I've always been so curious about why the Gospel writers found it necessary to share with us what John ate. Locusts and wild honey. What a strange detail. I...
12.25.2023
Put on some Lizzo - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
We often forget the strangeness of this story that comes to us Because we've cleaned it up and made it so nice and familiar This sweet little baby this silent night all cuddled up and swaddling clothes But it wasn't...
12.21.2023
The Christ Within Us - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
In September, after I'd been here at Redeemer for only one month, I had to have cataract surgery. Never mind that I had decided when I was young that I would never need cataract surgery. Apparently it wasn't my decision....
12.13.2023
Empire is not a friend - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade
Empire is not a friend of anyone. Empire does not strive towards the well-being and thriving of every created life. Empire puts wealth, resources, knowledge, comfort, and God's abundance in the hands of a few. While others live...
11.29.2023
Sheep or Hagfish - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
You're downtown. You're on your way to the Bengals game, and you see a panhandler on the street with a sign. Hungry. Please give. You do one of three things. You pull out your wallet and give him a dollar. Or...
11.20.2023
A Rule of Life - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
You all may have heard this story from Jesus described as an economy of virtues. I've heard it that way in the past. God gives us each a spiritual gift some people are special, so they get more gifts, a very convenient translation...
11.12.2023
We Can Relate - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
We can certainly relate to these foolish bridesmaids. I mean, I certainly can. In the busyness of our lives, not always are we able to think three or four or five steps ahead. Not always are we able to consider...
11.06.2023
Uncomplicated - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson
Life is so complicated. It has so many experts, so much advice. We want to live well. We want to do well. So we turn to the experts. And so that's my excuse for telling you about the other day when I...
10.30.2023
Love Thy Neighbor - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
When I was a child, my Yaya used to tell us that our Halloween costumes are supposed to scare away the devil. So, the more terrifying your costume, the better. But still, in the midst of it all, I had this overwhelming feeling...
10.23.2023
Make Your List - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
And we can choose not to allow God to influence our beliefs. We can believe what we already believed and then approach the altar of God and hope to leave unchanged. By saying, these things are the things that God cares about and...
10.04.2023
Whose Authority - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
We recognize authority. We place our trust in the people that we recognize are actually doing the work of love in our lives. Think for a moment about those you actually trust. The people in whom you put your trust. Is it the...
09.18.2023
A World of Forgiveness - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
The story that Jesus is telling is about a working-class guy who owes his boss 10,000 talents or about 60 million dollars today. Does that sound a little unreasonable? Yeah, it is. Friends, it's not possible. Jesus is telling a story...
09.11.2023
Saved for Each other - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Now working at a coffee shop can teach you a lot about humans. The one I worked at called itself People's Third Place. You have your work, you have home, and you have your third place. A place where you feel like you...
09.04.2023
You Are Loved - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
If we pay attention to Jesus fully and we pay attention to the first generation of Jesus followers, we understand that to pick up our cross and to follow Jesus is not to follow Jesus out by ourselves into the wilderness all alone....
08.28.2023
Specs of Glitter - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
This week, my boys collectively convened at the kitchen table to discuss a lesson that they had both had in their first and third grade classes. And my ears perked up as I heard little Arlo say, And that's how...
08.21.2023
In Your Infancy - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
I don't think that he was just doing a sort of a performative act of false humility in front of us. 'Oh, I'm just very young.' What I realized was that he was orienting himself in the truth of his infancy in...
08.07.2023
The Real You - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
"As a child, you might remember, I know I do, your parents, the way they'd be when company was around, making sure the house looked appropriate for people to see. 'They don't want to know how we really live.' ...
07.31.2023
Inseparable - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
As humans, we are constantly making choices that require separation. We cannot have everything, so we are forced to choose. We cannot do everything, and so when we do anything, we must decide not to do something else. The French philosopher Paul...
07.17.2023
Saved not Solved - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
Paul's not trying to get us to be fixed. And he's trying to get us out of the mentality that we are fixable. Or that Jesus came here to fix us. To solve us. There is a difference between being solved and...
07.05.2023
Implications of Grace - The Rev. Gary Lubin
Concerned that people would not just see it as a free ride, but a joy ride, a license to sin. Not exactly. To Paul's way of thinking, saving grace has ethical implications. And to do that, to make that explanation,...
06.26.2023
YOLO - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Drowning didn't make me perfect, but I think it did maybe make me a little bit better. I was more conscious of what was going on around me, more thoughtful around water. I trained in CPR, the same thing that saved my life...
06.19.2023
God's Trust - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
...she like flung herself backward and I was like, whoa. I gotcha. that's where I saw God. I saw God in her throwing herself in my arms. I listed a couple other places that I'd seen God and then, My spiritual director...
06.12.2023
Perfect Faith - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
There's a man whose daughter has died, that's the height of desperation. He doesn't say he believes in Jesus. He doesn't say he's going to follow him. He doesn't say anything about faith. He just shows up and says, can...
06.07.2023
Plural, yet One - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
In our reading from Genesis this morning, we meet them, the original they, them, theirs. The one who was in the beginning before anything else ever was. When the earth was a formless void the rush of a violent wind swept forth from...
05.29.2023
Our Story - Guest Speaker
Peter interpreted the events of that Pentecost in the light of his tradition and his experience of following Jesus, but not everyone welcomed the message, and it's not hard to see why. It meant that these devout people would have...
05.22.2023
Left With Each Other - The Rev. Philip DeVaul
I think we've reached that point in the sermon where I talk about the frustrating thing, which is you'll notice we can't find Jesus anywhere. Like, have you seen him lately, in person? We have all these...
05.15.2023
Sunday Sermon: Suffering and Hope - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
For those of you who have not yet discovered the card selection at your local Dollar Tree, I entreat you to make a trip. You are sure to see both suffering and hope in the midst of everyday life in...

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Sermons from the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer episodes:

Are We There Yet? - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

The Apostles Love Song - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

On The Fringes - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Sent Unto the World - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade

The Bigger Picture - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin

The Vine and the Backyard - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

A Spectrum between Selfless and Selfish - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Recognizing Resurrection - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Trust God - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade

God's strategy is forgiveness and healing - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

Hospitality without Condescension - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

The Riddle of Jesus and Judas - The Rev. Gary Lubin

More Intimacy than One can Handle - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Intimacy, vulnerability, and steadfast love are interwoven - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin

Here is the Messiah - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin

Go where Jesus is - Guest Speaker

Big Feelings - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Price Gouging - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

When the Self is at the Center - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade

My Beloved - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

The Hill of Your Transfiguration - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Love is a verb - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Will You Follow? - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade

So Many Questions - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Put on some Lizzo - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

The Christ Within Us - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

Empire is not a friend - The Rev. Dr. Herschel Wade

Sheep or Hagfish - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

A Rule of Life - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

We Can Relate - The Rev. Joyce Keeshin

Uncomplicated - The Rev. Joanna Leiserson

Love Thy Neighbor - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Make Your List - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Whose Authority - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

A World of Forgiveness - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Saved for Each other - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

You Are Loved - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Specs of Glitter - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

In Your Infancy - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

The Real You - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Inseparable - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Saved not Solved - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Implications of Grace - The Rev. Gary Lubin

YOLO - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

God's Trust - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Perfect Faith - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Plural, yet One - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

Our Story - Guest Speaker

Left With Each Other - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

Sunday Sermon: Suffering and Hope - The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane

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