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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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Sermon for 2nd Easter, April 19, 2020: I doubt it (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: What a long strange trip this has been! The last several weeks in which we have been sheltering-in-place as a result of the...
Deborah White
Apr 18, 20206 min read
Sermon for Easter Day, April 12, 2020: He is Risen; Prepare the way of the Lord (The Rev. Dr. Debora
Listen Here: Alleluia! The Lord is risen! Prepare the way of the Lord! Let’s say it again together with Easter joy! Alleluia! The Lord...
Deborah White
Apr 11, 20206 min read
Sermon for Good Friday, April 10, 2020: Death and Resurrection (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
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Deborah White
Apr 9, 20201 min read
Sermon for Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020: Processions (The Rev. Bruce Smith)
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Deborah White
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Sermon for March 29, 2020: Can these bones live? (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany… [but] when Jesus heard it he said, ‘This illness does not lead to death.’”...
Deborah White
Mar 28, 20205 min read
Sermon for March 22, 2020: Teaching us a lesson (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: This past week after the federal government issued stringent recommendations for fighting the spread of the Corona Virus,...
Deborah White
Mar 21, 20205 min read
Sermon for March 15, 2020: 3 Lent, This is not a test (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Welcome to Grace’s first livestreamed sermon! As you know by now, on March 11 in response to concerns about the Corona...
Deborah White
Mar 14, 20205 min read
Sermon for March 8, 2020: 2 Lent, Born of God (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: At this week’s Wednesday Holy Eucharist service, our scriptures included the passage from John which reads, “When a woman...
Deborah White
Mar 8, 20206 min read
Sermon for March 1, 2020, 1 Lent: Backwards (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “In 1796, an English doctor named Edward Jenner made an incision into a young boy’s arm and inserted cowpox pus… [in order]...
Deborah White
Mar 1, 20206 min read
Homily for Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020 (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: We need Lent. We need Lent because as Christians it is far too easy for us to become self-congratulatory – to see ourselves...
Deborah White
Feb 26, 20204 min read
Sermon for February 23, 2020: The Touch of Heaven (The Rev. Walter Ramsey):
Listen Here: You may not know it but I come from a mixed family background. Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and in the middle – Episcopalian....
Deborah White
Feb 23, 20205 min read
Children’s Homily for February 16, 2020: Do onto Otters (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Who knows what Jesus said was the most important thing? (Give them a chance to answer and respond). Good. That’s right. Jesus said….....
Deborah White
Feb 16, 20202 min read
Deborah White
Feb 16, 20201 min read
Sermon for February 9, 2020: Tell me Why (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
When I was a little girl my mother frequently used to look at me with frustration and say, “Deborah, you think too much!” That’s...
Deborah White
Feb 9, 20206 min read
Sermon for February 2, 2020: A light for all people (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: This past Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League released a poll indicating that 61 percent of Americans surveyed endorse at...
Deborah White
Feb 2, 20205 min read
Sermon for January 26, 2020: Walking and fishing in the light (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Robin Williams used to do a routine called, “The Top Ten Reasons for being Episcopalian.” One of Williams’ most arcane...
Deborah White
Jan 26, 20206 min read
Children’s Homily for January 19, 2020: God is calling! (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: (Start with phone ringing). Oh no! Someone’s calling on my phone! Who would call me during church? (Give them a chance to...
Deborah White
Jan 19, 20204 min read
Sermon for January 19, 2020: The Lord called me (reworked from January 19, 2014) (The Rev. Dr. Debor
Listen Here: “Almighty God, grant that your people may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known to the ends of...
Deborah White
Jan 19, 20205 min read
Sermon for January 12, 2020: I am a Christian (?!) (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: The current construction on our road may be a blessing in disguise, because so far it has prevented me from being able to...
Deborah White
Jan 12, 20206 min read
Sermon for January 5, 2020: Beanie Babies (The Rev. Kathy Trapani)
In the late 1960s, after a failed career as an actor, Ty Warner of LaGrange, Illinois went to work for the Dakin Toy Company. Whatever he...
Deborah White
Jan 5, 20207 min read
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