The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home

by | Sep 19, 2016 | Around the House

I have often told this story to congregations when preaching. There was a man in a bookstore interested in a religious book. He turns the cover over and sees the author is a woman priest. He frowns instantly. The picture of a feminine smiling face stares at him head...
Driven by the Spirit into Dark Places

Driven by the Spirit into Dark Places

by | Sep 16, 2016 | Around the House

What aspect of the women’s ordination movement do you most want Episcopalians today to remember and honor? The “movement” was not so much a movement as it was the Gospel’s call to be about those tasks that un-bind people and to set them free....

Roland Allen Sermon: June 8, 2016

by | Jun 8, 2016 | Around the House

President Jenning preached this sermon on June 8 at the opening Eucharist of the Executive Council meeting in Chaska, Minnesota: In the Name of God. Amen. Today we commemorate Roland Allen, the son of an Anglican priest who was orphaned at an early age. Allen followed...
Going Home

Going Home

by | Dec 24, 2014 | Around the House

Deputy Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of the Diocese of Chicago preached this sermon on racial reconciliation and social justice at the Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer on December 14, 2014 (Advent 3B): As we continue to process the events of the day–the...