Sermons That Work

For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of the Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

Christianity
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Pentecost 23 (A): Have You Been Transfigured? -...
8 min
352
All Saints' Day (A): God's Work with Us - Novem...
8 min
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Pentecost 21 (A): Descendants - October 25, 2020
9 min
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Pentecost 20 (A): Render Unto God What Is God's...
6 min
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Pentecost 19 (A): Peace in Liminal Spaces - Oct...
9 min
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Pentecost 18 (A): Parables - October 4, 2020
8 min
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Pentecost 17 (A): Answering Jesus - September 2...
8 min
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Pentecost 16 (A): The Economics of God - Septem...
7 min
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Pentecost 15 (A): Forgiveness - September 13, 2020
12 min
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Pentecost 14 (A): The Ocean and Beloved Communi...
8 min
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Pentecost 13 (A): Unquenchable Love - August 30...
9 min
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Pentecost 12 (A): Totality - August 23, 2020
9 min
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Pentecost 11 (A): What's Wrong? - August 16, 2020
9 min
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Pentecost 10 (A): Why Did You Doubt? - August 9...
8 min
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Transfiguration: Clinging to the Light - August...
10 min
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Pentecost 9 (A): Which Party? - August 2, 2020
7 min
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Pentecost 8 (A): Perseverance and the Pearl - J...
10 min
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Pentecost 7 (A): Inheritance - July 19, 2020
9 min
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Pentecost 6 (A): Seeds and Soil - July 12, 2020
11 min
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Pentecost 5 (A): Come to Me - July 5, 2020
19 min
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Pentecost 4 (A): Even One Cup - June 28, 2020
"How long, O Lord? Although the psalmist’s plea seems to be echoing across our nation and indeed across our world, Jesus is still calling us to compassionate welcome."
10 min
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Pentecost 3 (A): Sent - June 21, 2020
"Christian identity and character formation are lifelong processes."
10 min
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Pentecost 2 (A): Twelve - June 14, 2020
"Twelve. Twelve is one of those rare numbers to which people have for centuries attributed special significance."
11 min
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Trinity Sunday (A): The Pandemic and the Holy T...
"The Trinity is not a mystery in the sense of a puzzle we can't solve; the Trinity is a mystery in that we see the truth of it, but there is more than we can fully comprehend."
10 min
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Day of Pentecost (A): Heaven - May 31, 2020
"What do you believe about heaven?"
9 min