by carriesteppgraves | Mar 17, 2024 | Preaching, religion, sermons, spiritual growth
John 12:20-33 St. James’, Lafayette Square, Baltimore Carrie Stepp Graves March 17, 2024 In the name of our loving, liberating, and life-giving God, Amen. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:11 May I act with pure...
by carriesteppgraves | Mar 10, 2020 | religion, sermons, Spirituality
Homily preached on the Feast of Gregory of Nyssa March 10, 2020 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them. Matthew 23:4 We might call Matthew 23 a chapter of...
by carriesteppgraves | Jul 23, 2019 | health and wellness, religion, sermons, Spirituality
1 John 3:2-3 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. John...
by carriesteppgraves | Mar 21, 2019 | health and wellness, religion, sermons, Spirituality
I preached my first-ever sermon at work on Tuesday. I chose to celebrate the feast day of Thomas Cranmer early. (His true feast day is today, March 21.) Cranmer left Anglicans and Episcopalians the gift of our Book of Common Prayer in somewhat of the same way Jesus...
