Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 2, 2024.
You can read the scriptures for this service here: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20); Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23-3:6.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
This week, Mother Liz reflects on Jeremiah’s symbolic purchase of a field while imprisoned during the Babylonian siege — a striking act of hope amid devastation. Though exile and ruin loomed, Jeremiah preserved the deed as a sign that “houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.” In our own times of crisis and uncertainty, we are invited to consider how small, faithful actions can witness to God’s future: investing in justice, caring for neighbors and creation, and nurturing hope for generations yet to come.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, “Welcome Back Sunday,” September 21, 2025.