Choose Hope!
A sermon for Easter by The Revd Dr Maria Gwyn McDowell of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Portland Oregon. April 4th, 2021
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
A sermon for Lent 5 by The Revd Dr Maria Gwyn McDowell of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Portland Oregon. March 21st, 2021
Leaving Egypt
A sermon for Lent 4 by The Revd Dr Maria Gwyn McDowell of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church in Portland Oregon. March 14th, 2021 Transcript Every church has a “back to Egypt” committee. I heard that this week, “every church has a back to Egypt committee.” Right now, that committee is excitedly planning our first full Eucharist together, or working out a coffee hour that is safe, but, together! Where we can touch each other at the passing of…
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent
Sermon given on February 28th, 2021 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland Oregon. The Rev’d Dr. Maria Gwyn McDowell preaching. Scripture: Mark 8:31-38.
Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent
Sermon given on February 21st, 2021 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland Oregon. The Rev’d Dr. Maria Gwyn McDowell preaching. Transcript The story of Noah, somehow, has become this really cute children’s story, right? Animals go onto this ark, two by two, they travel together, there’s a dove, it goes out, it comes back, it goes out, it comes back, and then there’s a rainbow at the end, right? All the elements of a perfect children’s story. Except…
Sermon for the 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Sermon given on February 7th, 2021 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland Oregon. The Rev’d Maria Gwyn McDowell preaching.Due to a Zoom recording error this sermon is audio-only. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Christ the Liberator
Sermon given on January 31, 2021 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland Oregon. The Rev’d Dr. Maria Gwyn McDowell preaching.
Taught by a Star
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Christmas, January 02, 2021 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon; by the Rev’d Dr. Maria McDowell.
Know Justice, Know Peace
We live in a world where saying that black and brown lives matter means that white lives do not matter, because we have created that world. We have created a world infested with the lie that white lives thrive at the expense of black and brown lives. We have created a world where to know justice is to know violence.
Yet, the judgement of God is to recognize retribution and injustice for what it is, destructive, and to invite us to live in a world where to know justice is to know peace.
Choose Life, Choose Death
Choose Life, Choose Death. Sermon given on June 28th, 2020 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, Portland OR. The Rev’d Dr. Maria Gwyn McDowell preaching.
Be Troubled (by the Spirit)!
Note: What I wrote below and what I said aren’t quite the same. Read if you want, but listen too. The Spirit troubled the waters, and new life erupted forth. New life is eruption. It isn’t peaceful, it isn’t calm. It breaks through. Seeds crack as a shoot bursts forth. Dirt is shoved aside. Human life is born amidst pain and blood and water. We are troubled, and we live in troubled times, and maybe that trouble is the Spirit,…
Continuing the Work
Continuing the Work: Sermon on Easter 7 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, May 24th, 2020. The Rev’d Maria McDowell, PhD, preaching.
Being the Way: Easter 5
Being the Way: Sermon on Easter 5 at St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, May 10th, 2020. The Rev’d Maria McDowell, PhD preaching.
Possessing White Supremacy & Spiritual Resistance
Possessing White Supremacy & Spiritual Resistance. Spoiler Warning: BLACK & BROWN LIVES MATTER to JESUS.
Fear and Resurrection: “The Fear of the Jews” and its Aftermath
“For Fear of the Jews,” its aftermath, and the invitation of the new life offered in Resurrection.
The Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom
For Christ, having risen from the dead,
is become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Maundy Thursday
Stay. Stay long enough to need your feet washed.