Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Edwin Chinery on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2021.
You can read the scriptures for this service here.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
This week, the rector offers a Lenten prayer by Jan Richardson that embraces the spiritual wilderness as a place of self-discovery rather than escape. The poem acknowledges the inner wildness, hunger, and thirst we encounter in desert seasons, while asking not for removal from the journey but for “tough angels, sweet wine, strong bread: just enough” to sustain us through this time of transformation and unexpected grace.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026.