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So, it’s been a while. But clearly, some things (and by things, I mean attempted coups) have happened, and so I figure a written record of the sermon for today might be appropriate. Over the last few days, as I’ve been working on this sermon, I’ve been joking with my husband over how to preach […]
Each year, just before Advent, I request the Bishop’s renewal of my license to serve in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. These annual letters have become wonderful opportunities to step back and reflect, and I have made a practice of posting them here …
The presentation and questions for October’s online Theology on Tap at Holy Trinity by the Lake.
Rev. Megan L. Castellan May 24, 2020 Easter 7, Year A Acts 1 In the years when I was in college ministry, the Ascension readings usually coincided with the end of the academic term. It worked quite nicely; I could talk about Jesus departing alongside graduation, as a metaphor for the seasons of life. Jesus […]
Rev. Megan L. Castellan May 17, 2020 Easter 6, Year A 1 Peter Well, I think we need to address what on earth Peter is going on about, don’t you? There’s a line in the Princess Bride where Wesley says “Life is pain, princess. Anyone who says any different is selling something.” Peter seems […]
Rev. Megan L. Castellan May 10, 2020 Easter 5, Year A Acts It’s the longstanding tradition of the church to read through the Book of Acts after Easter. We hit the high points, though not necessarily in order: the conversion of Saul, Peter’s preaching, Pentecost. The disciples converting lots of people. But generally speaking, we […]
Rev. Megan L. Castellan April 26, 2020 Easter 3, Year A Luke Liminal space First of all, Emmaus is a bit of a mystery. Nearly all the places in the gospels are known to contemporaneous non-Christian sources, but there are like 7 different Emmaus’s. This was either an accident (sort of what would happen if […]
Rev. Megan L. Castellan April 19, 2020 Easter 2, Year A John 21 This is one of the gospel readings we read on the same day every single year. Surprisingly we don’t have many of those. We read variations on the Christmas story, the resurrection stories, the Passion narratives. But this story, along with John’s […]
Hope Incarnate: Planning Worship for Advent and Christmas What have we learned about leading worship and music from six months of COVID-19 disruption? What is at stake theologically and pastorally? How are we being made new in this wilderness? Join Virginia Theological Seminary faculty (Marty Wheeler Burnett, James Farwell, Judy Fentress-Williams, and Lisa Kimball) for […]