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Sermons preached at Grace Episcopal Church Martinez beginning on June 18, 2023 can be found on our YouTube channel, youtube.com/@GraceEpiscopalChurchMartinez
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Deborah White
Feb 17, 20214 min read
Sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021, Cold, Dark, and Gritty (Columba Salamony)
Watch here In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Ash Wednesday is pretty high on the list of Holy Days that I get ...
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Deborah White
Feb 14, 20215 min read
Sermon for February 14, 2021: Epiphany Last (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
You have probably heard it said that 2020 was a “dumpster fire,” in which so many things just went wrong. Worst of all was the dreadful ...
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Deborah White
Feb 7, 20216 min read
Sermon for February 7, 2021: We shall not be weary (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Watch here Is anyone else tired? I don’t mean a little beat from one late night or early morning – I mean really tired- constantly tired,...
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Deborah White
Jan 31, 20215 min read
Sermon for January 31, 2021: Mark 1: 21-28 (Columba Salamony, Seminarian)
Watch here In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. One of Mark’s favorite words in his gospel is “immediately.”...
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Deborah White
Jan 24, 20216 min read
Sermon/Rector’s Report for Grace Annual Meeting Service, January 24, 2021: Following God's Call
Following God’s Call (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Watch here Jonah stood at a crossroads: Nineveh or – what? He had tried running from...
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Deborah White
Jan 17, 20214 min read
Sermon for January 17, 2021: Children's Homily
God calls each of us by name (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Click here for recording So today since the children of Grace are watching us...
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Deborah White
Jan 10, 20216 min read
Sermon for January 10, 2021, 1 Epiphany, Year B
Out of the Deepest Darkness (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Click to listen to recording There is a story in the Hebrew scriptures about a...
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Deborah White
Jan 3, 20215 min read
Sermon for January 3, 2021, 2 Christmas, Year B
Three Kings walk into a Barn (The Rev. Dr. Deborah O. White) Listen here There is a sign in the Grace Church kitchen that reads, “Three...
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Deborah White
Dec 20, 20205 min read
Sermon for Advent 4, Year A, December 20, 2020 (Columba Salmony, Seminarian)
In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God. Amen. What a night this must have been for Gabriel. In my imagination, the ...
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Deborah White
Dec 14, 20204 min read
Children's Homily for Advent 3, December 13, 2020: Advent and Hanukkah (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Watch here: I want to tell everyone on the internet a little secret. I have been missing our children of Grace. Last Sunday I got to see...
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Deborah White
Dec 6, 20206 min read
Sermon for Advent 2, December 6, 2020: God’s command is our wish (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Today’s readings include some of the most beautiful and reassuring language in scripture. “Comfort, O comfort my people. Speak tenderly...
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Deborah White
Nov 29, 20205 min read
Sermon for Advent 1, November 29, 2020: Drop down ye heavens (The Rev. Walter Ramsey):
Roráte caéli désuper, et núbes plúant jústum. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Rorate Caeli...
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The Rev. Dr. Deborah White
Nov 22, 20206 min read
The Feast of Christ the King, 11/22/20: The Sheep and the Goats Redux (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
To listen to the sermon click here. You may have noticed that God has been on a tear lately. In recent parables, God has invited people...
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Deborah White
Nov 15, 20205 min read
Sermon for Proper 28, Year A, November 15, 2020 (Columba Salamony, Seminarian)
Listen here In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God. Amen. The narrative of the prophet Deborah in the reading from...
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Deborah White
Nov 8, 20206 min read
Sermon for Proper 27, Year A, Nov. 8, 2020: Waiting is the hardest part (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen here It’s hard to relate to the particulars of the parable that Jesus tells in today’s gospel. Like all of Jesus’s stories, the...
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Deborah White
Oct 31, 20206 min read
Sermon for All Saint’s Day, November 1 2020: One Community of Christ
(The Rev. Dr. Deborah White and The Rev. Walter Ramsey) Listen to sermon here Today is All Saint’s Day – the day we remember those who...
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Deborah White
Oct 24, 20206 min read
Sermon for Pentecost 21, October 25, 2020: The rest is commentary (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
“When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question...
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Deborah White
Oct 17, 20206 min read
Sermon for Pentecost 20, October 18, 2020 (Columba Salamony)
In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God. Amen. “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things...
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Deborah White
Oct 10, 20205 min read
Sermon for Pentecost 19, The Parable of the Wedding Crasher, Oct. 11, 2020
The Rev. Dr. Deborah White Most cultures have formal rituals for marking important relationships. The signing of treaties between...
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Deborah White
Oct 3, 20206 min read
Sermon for Pentecost 18, The vineyard, the landowner, the slaves, and the landowner’s son, Oct. 4, 2
Listen Here: Most of you do not know this, but our Music Director, Arthur Omura, and I often spend part of our meeting time together...
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