Epiphany is a manifestation, its an appearance, its the act of showing up. The magi show up with gifts—even Herod showed up—but afraid. How do you show up? What kinds of manifestation does the Christ child bring to us? Showing up in a different way contrary to the way of power is a radical call and it is the call we are about. Jesus came to usher in a power from below—the weary and nitty gritty—to challenge the dominance of the empire. Sermon begins at 15:05.

We need to take deeper than normal breaths--find a place where we can dwell—apart from the politics—apart from the chaos on the world—and find the space to be.

St. Augustine's children lead the Children's Pageant!

This is the season to preach good news and be with others in the alley when they need you. Sit vigil with the pain of those in some exile, and sing your magnificat. These are the moments in Advent when we put hope into action. Service begins at 12:00.

Listen in to the much beloved yearly service of Lessons & Carols.

Advent is a time to step back and reflect on our relationship with Jesus, our commitments, and our time. We surely don’t prepare by disengaging from this world. We are called to frame our daily lives by living into  mercy, love, and justice, and when we do this, we will be ready for Jesus. Sermon begins at 12:15.

There are moments in our lives where the temporal and eternal meet. You see it at weddings in the kiss. You see it in the river water rushing by when we baptize. We feel it when we miss people now gone onto the great eternal when we gather and partake of our traditions and rituals that keep us together. This is the best we can hope for—that we have moments where we can glimpse the eternal love of God. Sermon begins at 13:45.

No matter how lifeless or bleak something is, something else is always being born. There can be no new life without darkness and death. Winter always precedes spring. Sermon begins at 11:54.

It wasn't Rabbi Kushner who first gave us permission to ask God about unjust suffering. It was Job. Job--among the most mysterious and elegant and overlooked books ever written, found right-smack-dab in the middle of the Bible--well, Job was the first (and in my opinion the best) at making sense out of the how's and why's and redemptive potential of suffering. Sermon begins at 11:20.

Engaging the thin spaces in our lives, remembering all those who have travelled with us and live in eternity, and making a path to connect with them. Sermon begins at 18:20.