This week, the second Sunday of Lent, Luke 13:31-35

For each week of Lent we will listen for the Good News in the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday. Each podcast includes a reading of the Gospel lesson and the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s reflections. Join Rev. Kerbel as you explore how God is loving God’s people into freedom through the word this week.

On the first Sunday of Lent, Rev. Jarrett Kerbel tackles the story of Jesus tempted in the desert for 40 days. What temptations do you need to free yourself from in order to exist in love?

Rev. Anne Ritchings preached at our 7 p.m. worship on Ash Wednesday.

This last Sunday of Epiphany, Rev. Thatcher reminds us that we are made in the image of God, and that the veils we wear to hide and separate ourselves from ourselves, others, and God are just an illusion.

Our Epiphany Evensong on Sunday, March 3, 2019 featured guest preacher Rev. Samuel Ndungu, Associate Rector at the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, PA. Rev. Ndungu asks us to recall that, “Our problems that we bring to church were not meant to be handled by human intelligence. I did not come here for somebody to try to fix my problem. I need to speak to Jesus. I need to talk to somebody who can actually assist me.”

Neither Revenge Nor Submission by Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

It may have been nearly 30 years ago, but Barbara Ballenger's experience singing with her church Gospel Choir in Rochester taught her a lot about how to blend. On this Sunday, as we celebrate the Blessed Absalom Jones, let us practice blending our voices with those around us - what might that song sound like? What would lives lived that way look like?

Have we misread today's Gospel passage from Luke? The Rev. Kerbel thinks that perhaps in the past he has. This week he comes with a new look at Peter's exclamation, "Go Away, Lord" and the ways in which we too tell God the same.

We welcomed the Rev. Dr. Koshy Mathews, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Phoenixville as our guest preacher at Evensong this month.

Gender role subversion in the Gospel of Luke? You might be hearing this first from the Rev. Anne Thatcher. Explore what the Song of Simeon has to teach us today as we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation.