Mother Maddie Hill reflects on John the Baptist’s doubt, suffering, and faith while imprisoned. It explores the tension of living between Christ’s first and second advents, calling believers to hopeful, sacrificial living. Through service and love, Christians make God’s kingdom more visible while waiting for its fulfillment. Today's Readings: Isaiah 35:1-10 | James 5:7-10 | Matthew 11:2-11 Sermon preached by The Rev. Maddie Hill on the Third Sunday of Advent.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Scripture was written as much with the intent to be heard as read. Please get comfortable, relax, and hear Matthew's account of the Gospel of Christ. Feel free to follow along with us as members of the congregation at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration read from the NRVS version of the Bible. A video version of this reading is available on YouTube: Click Here If you wish to jump ahead to any chapter of Matthew's Gospel, the time marks are as follows: 00:00:00 - Opening Prayers 00:01:10 - Chapter 1 00:05:30 - Chapter 2 00:09:40 - Chapter 3 00:12:35 - Chapter 4 00:16:40 - Chapter 5 00:25:30 - Chapter 6 00:30:50 - Chapter 7 00:35:15 - Chapter 8 00:40:10 - Chapter 9 00:46:15 - Chapter 10 00:52:10 - Chapter 11 00:56:50 - Chapter 12 01:04:30 - Chapter 13 01:13:10 - Chapter 14 01:17:45 - Chapter 15 01:24:20 - Chapter 16 01:29:25 - Chapter 17 01:34:25 - Chapter 18 01:40:05 - Chapter 19 01:44:50 - Chapter 20 01:49:30 - Chapter 21 01:56:30 - Chapter 22 02:01:30 - Chapter 23 02:07:20 - Chapter 24 02:14:35 - Chapter 25 02:21:20 - Chapter 26 02:32:20 - Chapter 27 02:40:45 - Chapter 28 02:44:25 - Closing Prayer & Blessing Visit our website: www.transfiguration.net

Mother Rebecca reflects on our Advent encounter with John the Baptist and the anxiety surrounding divine judgment. Drawing on Scripture and theologian Barbara Brown Taylor, they explore God’s fire as purifying rather than destructive. They invite listeners to welcome this refining fire, repent, confront inner darkness, and prepare joyfully for Christ’s coming. Today's Readings:  Isaiah 11:1-10 | Romans 15:4-13 | Matthew 3:1-12 Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on the Second Sunday of Advent.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Casey describes Advent as a season that honestly confronts the world’s brokenness. Through Isaiah’s prophetic vision, believers glimpse God’s peaceful future. Christians, born into the new creation through their baptism, must live as “time travelers,” embodying Christ’s kingdom now rather than treating Jesus as “Lord-elect.” Faith means living future hope in present reality. Today's Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 | Romans 13:11-14 | Matthew 24:36-44 Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on the First Sunday of Advent.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Pastor JoNell explores Christ’s crucifixion as the gateway to divine kingship and grace. Through the imagery of three crosses, Luke’s narrative, and the two thieves, the speaker reveals God’s radical remembrance and mercy. The feast of Christ the King prepares believers for Advent, calling them to become a three-cross community of forgiveness. Today's Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6 | Colossians 1:11-20 | Luke 23:33-43 Sermon preached by The Rev. JoNell Lindh on The Final Sunday Before Advent also known as Christ the King.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Casey's sermon reflects on Jesus’ warning from the Mount of Olives that even the most impressive human achievements and empires eventually fall. Christians are urged to resist today’s obsession with spectacle, see through the eyes of faith, and anchor themselves in Christ’s unshakable kingdom, which alone endures when all else crumbles. Today's Readings: Malachi 4:1-2a | 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 | Luke 21:5-19 Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Second Sunday Before Advent.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Mother Rebecca explores Jesus’ debate with the Sadducees over resurrection, focusing on their callous use of a hypothetical woman to challenge faith. It contrasts human logic with divine mystery, urging compassion, equality, and trust in God’s faithfulness. Resurrection, Mother Rebecca explains, reveals not our understanding but God’s unyielding commitment to life and justice. Today's Readings: Job 19:23-27a | 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 | Luke 20:27-38 Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on The Third Sunday Before Advent.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Bishop Wolfe, in this sermon given at the All Souls’ Requiem, reflects on the pervasive presence of death in life and society, acknowledging grief, fear, and despair. Yet it powerfully affirms Christian hope in the resurrection—through Christ’s victory, death is conquered. The preacher urges faith, comfort, and encouragement: even at the bottom of life’s well, the ground beneath is solid. Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9 | I Thessalonians 4:13-18 | John 5:24-27 Sermon preached by The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe at All Souls' Day Requiem.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

In this sermon, Father Casey, calls Christians to reclaim their faith’s integrity by embodying the holiness and compassion of Jesus. It urges believers to reject hypocritical or transactional religion and live as true “saints” — people shaped by grace, love, and the Beatitudes — transforming Christianity back into the likeness of Christ. Today's Readings: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 | Ephesians 1:11-23 | Luke 6:20-31 Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on All Saints Sunday.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Ted begins with the statement, "This is my last sermon at Transfiguration and I've have things to say." He continues to recount what makes Transfiguration a central place in his life which he will carry forward with him to his new congregation focusing on the manifestation of Grace he has found here. He challenges the people of the Fig to face forward rather than looking back and allow Grace to propel them to seek and serve Christ in all persons. Today's readings:  Sirach 35:12-17 |  2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18  |  Luke 18:9-14 Sermon preached by The Rev. Ted Clarkson on The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

In this sermon, Mother Rebecca reflects on the grace of God who meets us in our lowest moments and wrestles us into righteousness. Today's Readings: Genesis 32:22-31 | 2 Timothy 3:14—4:5 | Luke 18:1-8 Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. We invite you to view the full service HERE. Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Ted recounts coming out to a friend during a transformative post graduation beach trip, where deep thanksgiving to God brought him peace. He connects that moment to the story of the grateful leper from today's Gospel reading, teaching that gratitude reveals God’s grace. He urges everyone to give thanks as they discern their stewardship of God’s Grace in their life and their faith. Today's Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-3,7-15c | 2Timothy 2:8-15 | Luke 17:11-19 Sermon preached by The Rev. Ted Clarkson on The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Casey reflects on selfless giving and the nature of grace. Through a story about an anonymous donor and Jesus’ teachings, it urges Christians to act rightly without seeking praise. Grace, the unifying thread of faith, is both our duty and our gift—free yet costly, voluntary yet necessary, to live out our life in community. Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Only in Hades did the rich man learn care and concern for others, but it extended only to his five brothers. In this modern parable about wealth and selfishness, we meet his five brothers and learn why they choose to ignore the needs of the poor, giving us the opportunity to examine our own idols that prevent our generosity. Sermon preached by The Rev. Ted Clarkson on The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Rebecca Gingles, Parish Episcopal School Chaplin, reflects on the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, warning against misplaced trust in wealth. Drawing on Amos and 1 Timothy, she  emphasizes generosity, justice, and faithful living. Parish Episcopal School’s mission is celebrated, with a call for prayerful support in forming students into compassionate, service-minded leaders. Sermon preached by Rebecca Gingles on The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost in observance of Parish Episcopal School Sunday.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.  

This week, Mtr. Rebecca preaches two sermons for the price of one, exploring two interpretations of Jesus’ parable of the Squandering Steward. The parable both calls us to better steward the gifts God gives us and also calls us liberally to scatter God’s abundant grace throughout the world.   Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.  

Father Ted connects a canceled Holy Land pilgrimage with the enduring Christian mark of the cross, traced at baptism upon our forehead and lived through faithful action for the rest of our lives. On this Holy Cross Day, the congregation reflects on grace as both gift and challenge, reminding believers that their mark is shown by how they bless the world in thought, word, and deed. Sermon preached by The Rev. Ted Clarkson at Evensong on The Feast of the Holy Cross.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.  

Using Karl Barth’s four-word definition of God — “the one who loves” — Father Casey argues that Jesus reveals divine love and invites us to see ourselves as the beloved. Grace is irrational and inclusive; the church’s unique calling is to embody and proclaim that “belovedness”, practicing it toward everyone rather than primarily protesting the short comings of others. Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

In today's sermon, Fr. Ted reflects on Deuteronomy, Jesus’ surprising teaching about "who to hate", and discipleship’s cost. True following means sacrificial love and bearing the cross, not self-interest. Humanity’s track record of failure—Israel’s disobedience, the disciples’ abandonment, our own struggles—shows our need for God’s grace, the gift that empowers us to choose life and follow Christ. Sermon preached by The Rev. Ted Clarkson on The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Casey provides a glimpse into his personal journey to find “true religion.” In a world where competing voices claim what “true religion” is and others debate being spiritual rather than religious, this reflection on the meaning of “true religion”, emphasizing humility, justice, and a Christ-centered life grounded in grace leads us to a clearer understanding.