St. Mark's New Canaan

Easter Day

What if Easter isn’t just about finding Jesus…but about being found? In this imaginative and deeply moving sermon, Fr. Peter reframes the resurrection story as a kind of “Where’s Waldo” search—except the real surprise is who finds whom. Through Mary Magdalene’s grief, Peter’s reasoning, and the beloved disciple’s love, we’re invited into a different way of knowing: not through proof, but through love.

The Great Vigil of Easter

What if Holy Saturday is not empty at all, but charged with holy mystery? Rev. Elizabeth explores the great silence between crucifixion and resurrection, the strange, sacred in-between where God is already at work. This is a message about liminal space, baptism, awakening, and the fierce hope that Christ still calls us out of every tomb.

Good Friday

What if the cross isn’t just something that happened… but something still happening? Fr. John invites us into a deeper, more unsettling truth: the suffering of Christ is not confined to the past, but woven through the pain of the world today. From ancient prophecy to modern heartbreak, from personal wounds to global crises, we are asked not to look away—but to face it. And in doing so, something unexpected happens.

Maundy Thursday

On Maundy Thursday, Jesus does not leave his disciples with abstract ideas. He leaves them with actions: wash, share, stay awake, love. What does it mean to become the body of Christ in a hurting world? What does love look like when it must take on flesh? Rev. Elizabeth invites us beyond admiration of Jesus and into imitation.

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

On Palm Sunday, Jesus doesn’t just ride into Jerusalem...he confronts everything we think power, kingship, and strength should look like. This is a kingdom turned inside out. A King who empties himself. A God who steps directly into the world’s deepest wounds. Fr. Peter invites us into the heart of Holy Week—not as spectators, but as participants. Not casually, but fully. Because this week… is different.

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

What if eternal life isn’t something waiting for you someday… but something breaking in right now? Rev. Elizabeth challenges us to rethink resurrection entirely. Not as a future miracle, but as a daily awakening. A letting go. A coming alive. What if the real question isn’t how long we live… but how fully?

The Fourth Sunday in Lent

What does it mean to truly see? In the powerful story of the man born blind in John’s Gospel, what begins as a miraculous healing becomes something much deeper: a journey from spiritual blindness to spiritual sight. Learn how this story mirrors the Christian path of transformation that moves from awakening to illumination and ultimately into union with God.

The Third Sunday in Lent.

Water runs like a hidden current through this week’s scriptures as Fr. John explores the surprising spiritual model we find in the Samaritan woman. While overlooked in much of Western Christianity, she becomes one of the first evangelists in the Gospel of John. Her story reminds us of a paradox of faith: the things that give us status in the world can sometimes make it harder to receive the grace of God.

The Second Sunday in Lent.

The world feels uncertain. War, upheaval, and shifting ground can leave us feeling unmoored. But what if the deeper problem isn’t a lack of information, but a lack of wisdom? Explore the nighttime encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus. Through this encounter, we discover that faith is not about mastering certainty, but about entering the holy mystery where transformation begins.

The First Sunday in Lent

Before Jesus preached a sermon, healed a body, or called a disciple… he was famished. In the wilderness between baptism and ministry, Jesus faced testing that revealed not only who he was — but who we are called to be. What happens when Scripture is bent? What does it mean to be “led into the wilderness”? And how do we live as little Jesus people in a world obsessed with power grabs? This week, Fr. Peter invites us into the desert — and into the prayer that carries us through trial.