SSJE Sermons

SSJE Sermons
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A Monastic community in the Anglican Episcopal tradition.

Episodes

  1. FEB 21

    Light in the Darkness – Br. James Koester

    To be like God does not require our reaching out toward unfettered power, privilege, and prestige, and so separate ourselves from God, as did our first parents. Br. James Koester reflects on the desire to be like God as leading to so much evil in our world, and reminds us that to be like God is rather found in acts of humble service and mercy.

    6 min

  2. FEB 19

    Our Daily Cross – Br. Jack Crowley

    Each day’s cross carries its own little splinters, its own knots in the wood, and it can rub us the wrong way on different days. Br. Jack Crowley invites us to remember that we don't bear our cross each day for no reason; we bear it to follow Jesus.

    4 min

  3. FEB 17

    Conviction Cloaks Courage – Br. Curtis Almquist

    Courageous people do not see themselves as courageous. They did what needed to be done, what they had prepared for or promised. On the feast of Janani Luwum, Br. Curtis Almquist urges us to overlay our confession with what we know about the suffering, injustice, and cruelty that surrounds us, and what we are prepared to do about it.

    6 min

  4. FEB 15

    An Order of Reality Worth Giving Our Lives To – Br. Keith Nelson

    The order of reality we choose – consciously or unconsciously – is the story that molds our most basic experiences. Br. Keith Nelson urges us to claim the order of reality to which we belong, which can make real our resistance.

    16 min

  5. FEB 14

    Mulling Matter Over – Br. James Koester

    Over the last 37 years I have begun to explore the hidden passages of my soul that lie at the bottom of my own forgotten staircase. Br. James Koester, in his reflection on how he has changed over decades in community, invites us to notice how what we want and need similarly can change and be stripped down to the essentials.

    12 min

  6. FEB 13

    Brought to Jesus – Br. Lain Wilson

    We are called to belong to each other; indeed, God created us to belong to each other. Although so many of us may feel cut off, isolated, and turned inward, Br. Lain Wilson reflects on Jesus' healing of the deaf man as an invitation for us how and to whom we belong.

    5 min

  7. FEB 10

    Look with Love – Br. Luke Ditewig

    For balance in life, serving, resting, and praying, we need times alone as well as together. In his reflection on the life of St. Scholastica, Br. Luke Ditewig recognizes the tension and opportunity in our need for both solitude and community, in being alone and together with God.

    8 min
  • 7 Episodes

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About

A Monastic community in the Anglican Episcopal tradition.

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  • Creator
    SSJE Sermons
  • Years Active
    2008 - 2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
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