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Audio Files - Recent sermons; latest Thu Evensong and Sun 11 am Eucharist  

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Thursday 5:15 p.m. Evensong 

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Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Sermon from the 11 a.m. Eucharist

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, May 5, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: "Get out of your tribe and into the center of humanity!"

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, April 28, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Made in the Imagination of Love

Preacher: Robert V. Taylor

What does it mean for us to be made in the imagination of God?

Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Grief, hope and new life.

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, April 14, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Paul's and Our Conversion plus Brunch on the Beach

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Conversion might be more than a momentary inner decision or an outward change of habits, even if given by God. Maybe conversion is being in conversation with all the parts of ourselves and the world around us.

Sunday, April 7, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Doubting Thomas: Haptic Faith

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham

Thomas may seem a not terribly good apostle, but his story makes us ask whom does our faith touch, and how? Or is it just a castle in the air?

Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Sermon from the 11 a.m. Easter Eucharist

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the 11 a.m. Easter Eucharist

Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:30 am Sermon: Sermon from the 8:30 a.m. Easter Eucharist

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Sermon from the 8:30 a.m. Easter Eucharist

Saturday, March 30, 2013 9:00 pm Sermon: Sermon from the Great Vigil

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Sermon from the Great Vigil

Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:00 pm Sermon: Sermon from the Family Vigil

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Family Vigil

Friday, March 29, 2013 3:00 pm Sermon: Sermon from Good Friday

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from Good Friday

Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:00 pm Sermon: Sermon from Maundy Thursday

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Sermon from Maundy Thursday

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:10 pm Sermon: Sermon from the Chrism Mass

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Sermon from the Chrism Mass

Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Let The Christ-Mind Be In You

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Palm Sunday and Holy Week urge us to make a crack in the stony facades of stale religion, civic life, or our own hearts.

Sunday, March 17, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: What thing of beauty, in our midst, is calling forth new life?

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Extravagance is not something we associate with the season of Lent, and there is a long tradition of beauty being seen as opposed to justice. And yet our readings today remind us that beauty and abundance give birth to new things in the most extraordinary

Sunday, March 10, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: The Prodigal Son

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

The great calling of Lent is to come home to God and find the embrace of God's extraordinary unconditional love all over again.

Sunday, March 3, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Choices

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Cardinals choosing a pope and American communities choosing how to deal with budget cuts. Important stuff but something more important during Lent: what choices do you have right now for your life?

Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Dealing With Our Dilemmas

Preacher: The Very Rev. June Osborne

What kind of religious experience do Cathedrals offer?

Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Saying No to Temptation

Preacher: The Rev. Rosa Lee Harden

What do we not say no to and at what cost?

Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: The transfiguration

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Glimpsing glory from the mountain top leads us to action and transformation here on earth.

Sunday, February 3, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: The Gospel is always good news.

Preacher: The Rev. Becca Stevens

Let us celebrate love today.

Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Inaugurating a Vision

Preacher: The Ven. Anthony Turney

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, January 20, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Where is God's glory made manifest in the everyday things of our lives?

Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Where does your baptism take you?

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Dr. David Stancliffe

Our fonts and their use tell us what we understand is happening in baptism. We live in an age where baptism is the key sacrament. How are you going to live out your baptism in what you do?

Sunday, January 6, 2013 11:00 am Sermon: Epiphany: physical journey; spiritual transformation

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

The journey of the magi to see Jesus tells us much about our own pilgrimage in faith.

Sunday, December 30, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: The Word and the Music Became Flesh

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Christmas announces the fully humanity of Jesus and our share in his full divinity; being human means being musical.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: God is with us.

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe

Living the Incarnation at Christmas and every day

Monday, December 24, 2012 11:00 pm Sermon: Salvation from Within

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

You ask where hope is today; she is where she has always been, seated between faith and love. - Nancy Pelosi

Monday, December 24, 2012 7:30 pm Sermon: Be realistic, expect a miracle.

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

A sermon for Christmas Eve

Sunday, December 23, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Jesus Christ: Mary's Song

Preacher: The Rev. Jude Harmon

In this season when we hear so much about Jesus' divine origins as the eternal Word of God, we are reminded this Sunday of his equally human origins in a mother whose song of hope he embodies.

Sunday, December 16, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: God within us in the midst of violence

Preacher: The Rev. Andy Lobban

The Connecticut tragedy, while horrible, does nothing to separate us from God's promises of joy and eternal life. It may be calling us to walk more closely with the isolated and mentally ill.

Sunday, December 9, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Valleys Being Lowered, the Hungry Being Fed, and Recovering Our Delight

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Food and the holidays are inseparable and food can be where faith and action meet in our Advent preparation for the joy of Christmas.

Sunday, December 2, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Prophecy and Priesthood

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

A sermon for Jude Harmons's first Mass

Sunday, November 25, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Christ the King, what does it mean?

Preacher: The Rev. Andy Lobban

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, November 18, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, November 11, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, November 4, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Baptism into the Circle of Saints

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: The Grace of Music

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, October 21, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: What Does Grace Mean to Me? A Stewardship Meditation

Preacher: The Rev. Jude Harmon

When we consider the treasure of our lives, and gifts we have received from those gone before us, we realize that we are called to serve a vision worthy of God.

Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, October 7, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: The Kiss of St. Francis

Preacher: The Rt. Rev Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire

There's more to St. Francis than his love of animals.

Sunday, September 30, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Lose Your Life to Save It

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, September 9, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Strength and Weakness

Preacher: Tom Steyer

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, September 2, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Beyond "spa" spirituality

Preacher: The Rev. Jude Harmon

Give your soul "the full spa treatment" by accepting Jesus' invitation to a life of holiness, to a spirituality of self-integrity whose wholeness is more than skin deep.

Sunday, August 26, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Life of Bread

Preacher: Carren Sheldon

The Bread of Life changes us, as it is changed, in a mysterious and Spirit filled process we celebrate at the Table, and in our Christian Life together.

Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: "I am the Bread of Life"

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Bread is central not only to our physical survival but also to our identity and community building. Jesus' declaration - "I am the Bread of Life" - is a radical statement that he is the answer to our spiritual hunger.

Sunday, August 5, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: To Be, Rather Than to Seem

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe

Living into the ideals of the faith

Sunday, July 29, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Proliferating Loaves and Parachuting Queens

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

The miracle of the feeding of the 5000 reminds us, above all, that God is a God of abundance.

Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: A Deserted Place

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

Jesus invites us to come away to a deserted place and rest, sometimes even in a beautiful church building and worship service - is this just escapism?

Sunday, July 15, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: What do you see?

Preacher: The Rev. Jude Harmon

As Jesus' disciples, cultivating a prophetic vision means responding to the knowledge that he has reconciled all things in love by becoming agents of redemption in our world.

Sunday, July 8, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Authority and Authenticity

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

It is not just our personal religiosity but our capacity for getting along together and serving others that gives the church authority and authenticity.

Sunday, July 1, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Morality and Imagination

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Imagination is essential for expanding our communities and our vision so that we act not simply out of self-interest, but with the concerns and interests of others in mind.

Sunday, June 24, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Fear and Faith

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Jesus asked his disciples, and so he asks us: "Have you not learned yet that if you have faith you do not need to be afraid?"

Sunday, June 17, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Growing the Church

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

We grow the church by speaking to those we do not know whom we encounter here, and inviting others in - to the whole range of events here at Grace Cathedral.

Sunday, June 10, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Unexpected Results

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe

As Christians we are called to transformation, including the transformation of our wants and desires.

Sunday, June 3, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: The Trinitarian God in daily life

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Trinitarian theology is often overly complex. We experience the Trinity in our daily lives: in the majesty of God the Creator, in following Jesus who shared our life on this earth, and through the Holy Spirit who pushes us to fullness of life.

Sunday, May 27, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sanctifying Bonds

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Christine T. McSpadden

The Rev. Canon Christine McSpadden reflects on Jesus' high priestly prayer in light of her recent trip to Israel and Palestine.

Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Friends of God

Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Marilyn McCord Adams

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: "Abide in Me as I Abide in You"

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Christ abides in us, which means that each of us shares an essential sacredness and is called to be 'a torch bearer of extravagant human tenderness' (a paraphrase of William James' description of saints).

Sunday, April 29, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: "Whom God raised from the dead"

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Lord Richard Harries

The meaning of the Resurrection of Jesus for our lives today.

Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: The Earth and Education

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Celebrating the Cathedral School for Boys and Earth Day.

Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Curious Thomas

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

"Doubting" Thomas is more of a quester than a questioner and the Risen Christ comes to meet him--and us--exactly at the point of our perplexity.

Sunday, April 8, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Easter Sunday

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Ministers of new life

Saturday, April 7, 2012 9:00 pm Sermon: The Great Vigil of Easter - Love and New Life

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

The Easter story is about a love so great that Jesus was willing to die on the Cross for us, and a transformation so extraordinary that death leads to new life.

Saturday, April 7, 2012 5:00 pm Sermon: Family Vigil Service

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Sermon from the 5 p.m. Family Vigil service

Friday, April 6, 2012 3:00 pm Sermon: Good Friday: From the cradle to the tomb

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

The trajectory of incarnation

Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:00 pm Sermon: Maundy Thursday

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Sermon from the Maundy Thursday service

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:10 pm Sermon: Chrism Mass: "When I am lifted up..."

Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus

Your Baptism and Ordination make you angels, messengers of God's Unity.

Sunday, April 1, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Walk into Holy Week

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Christine T. McSpadden

A reflection on the Passion reading and the Palm Sunday service leading us into the events and insights of Holy Week.

Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Seeing Jesus

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

On the eve of Holy Week, how will we prepare to see and enter into relationship with Jesus as he is lifted high on the cross for our transformation.

Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: "For God so loved the world..."

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Christians have often had a fearful and closed-off attitude to the world and yet it is in the world, and exactly as we are, that we are invited to respond to God's gracious and abundant love.

Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, March 4, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Defiance and Deliverance

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Christine T. McSpadden

How hope in the resurrection defies our many denials.

Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Accountability Now!

Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Robert C. Gregg

This is Christianity's season of soul inspection, "owning up," and learning to trust. What IS the deal with God and with ourselves?

Sunday, February 19, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Transfiguration

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

We need to stand in the mystery of the Transfiguration to ensure that we remain right-sized, and understand who we are in relationship to God.

Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:03 pm Sermon: What's wrong with a withered arm? Why would Jesus have been drawn to a withered arm?

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

An exploration of Jesus's healing of the leper and the man with a withered arm in the Gospel of Mark, and John Adams' composition "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973).

Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Sunday 11 a.m. Sermon

Preacher: Anna Deavere Smith, Artist in Residence

Sermon from the Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharist

Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Jesus and 'Presence'

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

Jesus had 'presence' - it enabled him to teach with authority. Such presence is grounded in prayer, and is what enables each one of us to be 'present' to God and to others, and pursue a spiritual life with authenticity.

Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Seeking

Preacher: The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw

The response of Jesus' first disciples to his command to put down their nets and follow him reminds us that we too search for meaning, thirst for God, and long for a whole life.

Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: The Cross, the Lynching Tree, and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

The scriptures today tell of the call of prophets and disciples. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and we who follow Jesus are called to witness to the paradox of the Cross.

Sunday, January 8, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: God's Own Words That Are Sealed Within Us Forever

Preacher: The Ven. Anthony Turney

"You are my beloved child; with you I am well pleased."

Sunday, January 1, 2012 11:00 am Sermon: Feast of the Holy Name/New Year's Day

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Mark E. Stanger

How does Jesus, particularly during this sacred Christmas and New Year time, enter into our embrace of the possibilities and limits of our own moving through time?

Sunday, March 6, 2011 11:00 am Sermon: Transfiguration

Preacher: The Most Rev. Dr. Desmond M. Tutu

The Gospel challenges us to transform ourselves and our world.

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