Category: Sermons

By the Rev. Racquel Gill As I familiarized myself with the life of Dr. Pauli Murray this summer I became all to familiar with the baseline of rejection that seemed to accompany those who are the victim of a world that is racist while also being sexist while also being homophobic and ageist. As a…

By the Rev. Indhira Udofia *Author’s Note* I had a sermon. It was a great technical homily that tightly braided the exegetical notes of Isaiah 49, Pauli Murray’s work, and the commentary about American exceptionalism. I thought that I could give you that sermon and just ignore the overwhelming anger and pain that I was…

By the Very Rev. W. (Will) H. Mebane, Jr It’s better to give back than go back My dear sisters and brothers, as the patron saint of this parish might say to the early churches in Christendom, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. The honor bestowed upon me to serve as your…

By The Rev. Joyce Corbin Cunningham On February 08, 2007, I attended a special worship service at the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill. I was motivated to attend that service, for two reasons: the first was that the service was to celebrate a woman . . . Pauli Murray . .…

By the Rev. Mirian Saxon I love that this celebration of new ministry falls on the day that we also celebrate the life of Columba, an Irish priest living in the late 6th century.  He entered monastic life and joined several others in missionary work with the Picts in what we now call Scotland.  There…