Latest Sermons
Homily for Joyce McFarland
"Trinity's Rector, Rev. Devon Anderson presented this homily at the funeral service of Joyce McFarland, held at St. Mark's Cathedral."
— Rev. Devon Anderson (June 18, 2022) Read
There's a War in Ukraine. How can this be Easter?
"Today is Orthodox Easter in Ukraine. This is Easter faith, incarnational faith."
— Sarah Hoch (April 24, 2022) Read
Easter Sunday: Two Questions
"This sermon highlights the two questions in the gospel of John’s account of the resurrected Jesus and the importance and power of those questions for us today."
— Rev. Dr. Anne Miner-Pearson (April 17, 2022) Read
God’s Faithfulness
"Through Jesus on the cross and carrying our own crosses, God gives us the promise of new life emerging from times of tension and uncertainty, as in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."
— Rev. Dr. Anne Miner-Pearson (March 13, 2022) Read
Outside / Inside
"In telling three stories, this sermon hopes to open our awareness of God’s Cosmic Story and of God’s grace and forgiveness at work beyond what we realize at the time."
— Rev. Dr. Anne Miner-Pearson (February 20, 2022) Read
Most Requested Sermons
Rehabilitating Martha
"Sometimes the most faithful response, the greatest sacrament, is to stop, open our hands and our hearts, and allow ourselves to be loved."
— Rev. Devon Anderson (September 2019) Read
Getting a New Story
"When ego traps us in old stories and we think life is all about us, Jesus invites us to know we live in a web of relationships on a vast, cosmic canvas."
— Rev. Dr. Anne Miner-Pearson (October 21, 2018) Read Listen
First Sunday of Advent 2017
"My soft addiction is being busy. And like any addiction, filling my time with projects and commitments deludes me into thinking an overstuffed calendar can somehow fill the places inside me that are bereft or empty -- but it doesn’t, really."
— Rev. Devon Anderson (December 3, 2017)
Post-Election Apocalypse: What Do We Do Now?
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work."
— Rev. Devon Anderson (November 13, 2016)
On the Anniversary of 9-11
"What were the spiritual aftershocks of 9-11? What did we learn about God and the many faces of God on that day?"
— Rev. Devon Anderson (September 11, 2016)
Riots are the Language of the Unheard
"What are we to do about racial injustice and riots in Baltimore in light of the Gospel? "
— Rev. Devon Anderson (May 3, 2015)