A Charge to the Ordinand, the Rev. Jessica Palys

The vocation of pastoral ministry is one of issuing invitation after invitation after invitation.

Sermon: Sunday, August 21, 2016: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

There are always customs and regulations and laws, traditions cultivated to serve and protect us, which over time have come to choke and restrain us. In the face of such great opposition, we must remember our heritage. We are people marked by God’s promises, blessed with bodies that God made and God loves. We are destined for liberation, not bondage. Because God has shown such faithfulness to us, we are already free. How shall we use our freedom? Who shall we stand beside?

Sermon: Wednesday, August 10, 2016: Proper 14

Have you ever felt like that, like God took the party somewhere else and you were left to keep working, past your capacity, past your quitting point? Like you were waiting for a sense of holiness to return to your labor, to your vocation, but with no idea when or how that might happen?