In both today's lessons we encounter men who are taking themselves too seriously. God's response is to take them lightly. There is humor in these texts because God invites us almost always to take ourselves lightly.

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The Rev. Mike Angell: God's Sense Of Humor and Our Sense of Self

The Rev. Marc Smith came as our priest associate in the Fall of 2016, with special charge of pastoral care and adult formation. Additionally Marc has served as the Bishop's Deputy for Violence Prevention. Marc will conclude his service with us on Sunday October 24, as he prepares to move to Colorado. You are welcome to join us for a Q and A with Marc on Sunday October 17 at 9am.

The Forum Reflecting with the Rev Marc Smith on his years at Holy Communion

The Rev. Julie Graham preaches on the young man who comes to Jesus to ask, "what more must I do?" Jesus' response, to love, counters our expectations.

The Rev. Julie Graham: To Be Good Or To Be Loved?

Brought to you by Grace GatheringS. We host Terrie Desloge of Synapsory. Terrie offers personal experience, practical tools and ways for spiritual communities to be in a supportive & mutual relationship with individuals with specific needs, and diverse abilities and their parents and caregivers.

The forum: Please Don't Stare with Terrie Desloge

We don't have to live this life, face this pandemic, wrestle with what to do about climate change or how to live peacefully by ourselves.

The Rev. Chester Hines: My Burden Is Light

On Sunday we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis, the culmination of a short "Season of Creation" in the church. Today for the Forum, the rector is joined by a University City resident, theologian, and storyteller Belden Lane, who asks us to engage questions of ecology and nature as a spiritual practice of talking with trees.

The Forum: Ecology and Talking with Trees with Belden Lane

It's because of the over-individualization of faith that we struggle with this Gospel about plucking out eyes and severing limbs. Jesus is talking rhetorically, asking people to tend to their relationships. How can we broaden our sense, in the church, of who counts? In order to make the kind of change our world so desperately needs, we're going to have to grow our community.

The Rev. Mike Angell: God, Ecology, And Relational Power

In the midst of our "Season of Creation" our rector interviews Dr. Rachel Penczykowski, assistant professor of biology at Washington University studying "disease ecology." We talk about climate change, disease/host interactions, and about faith in response to human driven environmental change. Join us Sunday September 26 at 9am on the Front Lawn of the church for a discussion about the forum.

The Forum: Ecology and Disease with Dr. Rachel Penczykowski

The wisdom of the cross asks us to see the painful truths, to see the suffering of climate change, not to avert our gaze, and the wisdom of the cross asks us to also see the beauty that can happen even in the ugliest of situations. The wisdom of the cross is that dread does not have the last word. There is always a reason to hope. There is always a reason to call our fellow human beings to stop living out of fear, to stop living in denial, to work with hope for new life.

The Rev. Mike Angell: The Wisdom Of The Cross And Climate Change

Tired of the pandemic? Frustrated by vax deniers? Angered by so many preventable deaths? Us, too! Join the Rev. Marc Smith, our priest associate for a discussion of the plagues which descended on Ancient Egypt and eventually forced Pharoah to "let God's people go." God's message to the people of Israel, as well as the Egyptian empire, have much to teach us about our response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Forum Bible 101: The Plagues of Egypt and COVID with the Rev. Dr. Marc Smith

Bishop Deon K. Johnson challenges the congregation to take up their cross, and find God already out among the people where they may least expect to find God.

The Rt. Rev. Deon K. Johnson: Find God in the Person you Like the Least

In the first Forum of the 2021-2022 series, the Rector speaks with Bishop Deon Johnson. Bishop Deon will be with us for services on Sunday September 12, and for Q and A at 9:15am on the front lawn.

The Forum: Catching Up with Bishop Deon Johnson

David Luckes: Sermon on the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Rev. Martie Metzler: A Heart Check-up

Jesus is inviting his followers to a life of an expanding heart, mind and soul. Jesus is inviting us to the struggle to wake up and grow wise. Jesus’ teaching is hard, even humiliating and it takes our entire life--struggling with these hard teachings is our call will we stay or will we walk away?

The Rev. Julie Graham: Jesus invites us to the struggle for wisdom through the hard teachings

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