Episcopal Church Of All Saints, Indianapolis

"In Christ's kingdom, there is no contempt for the suffering, only love and solidarity; in his kingdom, there is lavish mercy and forgiveness. In his kingdom, there is true love - but it is a costly love." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Feast of Christ the King (November 20, 2016). Readings: Jer. 23:1-6; Ps. 46; Col. 1:11-20; Lk. 23:33-43. Image: Lawrence OP (https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/), distributed on a CC BY-NC-ND license.

"For wherever lines are drawn or walls are built, Jesus is always with those who are being pushed out. That's where we are to be, too." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Readings: Malachi 4:1-2a, Psalm 98, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-19. Image: Victoria Pickering (flickr.com/vpickering), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

"If we're going to believe in the God of the Bible, the God of Jesus, we simply have to be willing not to know all the details." The Right Rev. Catherine Waynick, Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis, preaches on the twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost (November 6, 2016). Readings: Job 19:23-27a; Psalm 17:1-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38. Image: Lawrence OP (flickr.com/paullew), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

“If you feel more sinner than saint, if your language is salty, if your temper is less than even, if vanity is your vice - don’t despair. You’re in good company." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on All Saints’ Day (November 1, 2016). Readings: Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18, Psalm 149, Ephesians 1:11-23, Luke 6:20-31 Image- Amber(flickr.com/photos/amccy), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

"Beloved, you are beautiful, I love you, and God adores you." The Rev. E Suzanne Wille preaches on the twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Readings: Isaiah 1:10-18, Psalm 32: 1-8, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, Luke 19:1-10.

(Apologies that the recording of this week's sermon has some mic issues up till about 1:45 - hang in there!.) "...if we within Christian community draw lines between ourselves and others, as Biblical scholar David Lose writes, we're going to keep finding God on the other side." Brendan O'Sullivan-Hale preaches on the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost (October 23, 2016). Readings: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Psalm 84:1-6; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14. Image: Stephanie Harris.

"Some rough edges require softening, but the rough edges that keep us sharp and fierce enough to wrestle with God, to cry out for justice? Well, those, I think we'd better keep." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (October 16, 2016). Readings: Gen. 32:22-31; Ps. 121; 2 Tim. 3:14-4:5; Lk. 18:1-8. Image: Duarte JH (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duartejh/), distributed under a CC BY-NC license.

"How healthy is my ministry of care and concern for my family, my friends, my neighbors, my acquaintances?" The Rev. Brantley Alexander preaches on the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (October 9, 2016). Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, 2:1-4; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19. Image: Cody Jones (www.codyljones.com), used with permission.

"The size of our faith doesn't matter. God matters." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (October 2, 2016). Readings: Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 37:1-10; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10. Image: adamnsinger (flickr.com/77437968@N00), distributed under a CC BY-ND 2.0 license.

“We honor St. Michael and all the angels when we listen to God’s messages that we are called to do scary things that sound impossible now and will only sound like good news later." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (September 25, 2016). Readings: Genesis 28:10-17, Revelation 12:7-12, John 1:47-51, Psalm 103.

"When leaders offer bold visions, encouraging their people to struggle against the odds for something larger than themselves, they give us hope and life." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost (September 4, 2016). Readings: Deut. 30:15-20; Ps. 1; Phil. 1-21; Lk. 14:25-33. Image: fourthandfifteen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chelmsfordblue/), distributed under a CC BY license.

"So what are we to learn from this wily manager's approach, which is dishonest all the way around, and from the commendation of it, that we, too, ought to make use of dishonest wealth?" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost (September 18, 2016). Readings: Amos 8:4-7; Ps. 113; 1 Tim. 2:1-7; Lk. 16:1-13. This sermon incorporates ideas from Barbara Rossing (workingpreacher.org)and Sarah Dylan Breuer (sarahlaughed.net). Image: Jason Comely (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rinkjustice/), distributed under a CC BY license.

"We can take the Shepherd and the Woman as images for a God who never, ever, stops searching for us, no matter how lost we are - feeling distant from God, struggling with illness or addiction, beset by some grief that won't let us go..." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 11, 2016). Readings: Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 51:1-11; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10. Image: Kelly Garbato (flickr.com/smiteme), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

“The reality of His kingdom is that people are invited to the table who we wouldn’t expect, people who are different, people who are not thought of as acceptable, people who are hard to love, people who do not fit the status quo.” The Rev. Tom Honderich preaches on the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (August 28, 2016). Readings: Sirach 10:12-18, Psalm 112, Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, Luke 14:1, 7-14.

“Keeping the Sabbath isn’t about doing nothing fun at all on Sunday. The Sabbath was instituted not to punish us but to free us." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (August 21, 2016). Readings: Isaiah 58:9b-14, Psalm 103:1-8, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13:10-17 Image- Devlin Thompson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/devlinthompson/), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

"She doesn't just say that God will lift up the lowly and fill the hungry and bring down the proud and the rich. Rather, she puts all that in the past tense, trusting that God has already done what God has promised." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ (August 14, 2016). Readings: Isaiah 61:10-11; Psalm 34:1-9; Galatians 4:4-7; and Luke 1:46-55. Image: Lawrence OP (flickr.com/paullew), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license.

"It started with a story of some friends having a great dinner party at their home... it was one of those magical nights, you know the kind of night I'm talking about." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (August 7, 2016). Readings: Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 33:12-22; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40. Image: Hjalti Þór Daviðsson (flickr.com/hjaltiphotography), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Listen to the NPR episode referenced in this sermon here: npr.org/programs/invisibilia/485603559/flip-the-script.

"Not many find a way to be both rich and faithful." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (July 31, 2016). Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-11; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21. Image: mickeyvdo (flickr.com/mc-pictures), distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license.

"We all know this prayer so intimately that I wonder if we even think about it any more, which is part of its beauty. We don't have to think about it." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the tenth Sunday after Pentecost (July 24, 2016). Readings: Gen. 18:20-32; Ps. 138; Col. 2:6-19; Lk. 11:1-13. Image: Enrico Prins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nzrico/), distributed under a CC BY-NC license.

"Are you sadder than usual? Angrier? Are you losing hope? Wherever you are, you're not alone." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (July 17, 2016). Readings: Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; and Luke 10:38-42. Image: Matthew Aldridge (flickr.com/mpaldridge), distributed under a CC by 2.0 license.