Does the banquet table illustration in today's Gospel not convict you enough? How about a recent anniversary and a shared history? The Rev. Carol Duncan takes the Gospel story of the festival banquet and uses it to shine a light into the spaces of our own lives we may not even realize are there.

What makes us choose or refuse to heal? What makes us decide who we believe deserves healing or not? How do we deal with the "cruel light" that healing seems to be - as imagined in C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce? The Rev. Anne Thatcher asks us to reconsider the pain of that light and healing, and God's promise of love and life.

Jesus came to sow division? Is that really what our Gospel is telling us this morning? Or is there more that we must dig deeper in order to find the truth? The Rev. Barbara Ballenger preaches on this 10th Sunday after Pentecost.

As St. Martin's holds our 4th Annual Celebration of Caribbean Emancipation Day, 400 years since the first enslaved persons were brought to this country, what does emancipation mean? And how do we continue to emancipate people from what binds them today?

Our guest preacher this evening is the Rev. René John, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Trenton, New Jersey.

We are called not to live in this world as it is, but to follow in Christ's footsteps, living in this world as though the Kingdom of God is already here.

God is generous and God is merciful. So, why do we not turn to God in our time of need? The Rev. Canon Betsy Ivey, from the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, was our guest preacher this morning, bringing a message of hope and grace.

The Rev. Anne Ritchings brings a message to us today straight from the ancient desert fathers and mothers - a reminder of our call to welcome.

Can you imagine sharing your faith with another? In a world full of people desperate for the freedom from voices of hate - both external and internal - can you imagine sharing the voice of God's love? The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel's sermon from July 7 is a call to engage in the evangelism - sharing the words of freedom, peace, and love that the people right next to us need to hear.

Christ sets us free, but the freedom offered is not to be wasted. Quoting the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, the Rev. Carol Duncan reminds us of the blessed responsibilities of our freedom, bringing together how bound up our freedom is with the freedom of others.

Our name is so tied to our identity, that when we do not know another's name it is as if you are implying that they do not matter. What happens when our name is stripped from us, when our identity is stripped from us? And what do we do when a name and identity is stripped from another? The Rev. Anne Thatcher issues her call to action from the Gospel for today.