Sermons & Speaker Series

Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter by the Rev. Savannah Ponder

Sermon for Easter Day by the Rev. Rob Fisher

Sermon for Good Friday by the Rev. Will Morris.

How might a regular practice of silence open us up to a deep trust in the midst of our human joy and pain? What kind of people might we become in silence?

Tune in this week for the last Lenten Holy Habits podcast and hear how the Rev. Yolanda Rolle has been invited to meet God afresh through the practice of silence.

The Rev. Yolanda Rolle, PhD. serves as the Episcopal/Anglican Chaplain to Howard University and as the Associate Priest for Spiritual Formation at St. George's Episcopal Church.

Sermon for Maundy Thursday by the Rev. Savannah Ponder

Sermon for Palm Sunday by the Rev. Rob Fisher.

How might we encounter the Living Christ through images? What does it mean to awaken the desire to be with God? Tune in this week to learn more and hear how the Rev. Dr. Sam Dessórdi Leite has grown in trust and communion with God and others through praying with icons.

The Rev. Sam Dessórdi Peres Leite is an Episcopal priest and icon writer. Originally ordained in the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, he has served congregations in Oakland, California and Washington, DC.

Christ Pantocrator Icon:

http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/medievalart/exhibits/show/iconography_of_christ/christ_pantocrator

Sarah Stewart Johnson, Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Her lab focuses on detecting biosignatures, or traces of life, and is involved with analyzing data from current spacecraft and devising new techniques for future missions. She has worked on NASA’s Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity Rovers. She is also a visiting scientist with the Planetary Environments Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (Liberating Contrition) by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Desire Sweeter than Honey: Studying the Bible with Dr. Stephen L. Cook

How can we grow in the virtues of patience and humility through learning to engage the Bible prayerfully? What might one need to start a practice of regular study? Tune in this week to learn more and hear how Dr. Stephen Cook has been drawn into the vulnerability of God through the Holy Scriptures.

The High Council by Wolfgang Lettl, 2004. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-high-council-wolfgang-lettl/ZgHKyKZFN02-MA

The Bible Challenge: https://www.forwardmovement.org/Products/2114/the-bible-challenge.aspx

Dr. Stephen L. Cook is the Catherine N. McBurney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Virginia Theological Seminary. His areas of expertise include Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Ezekiel, Deuteronomy, Prophetic and Apocalyptic Scripture, Social Setting of Scripture, and education technology.