Episcopal Church Of All Saints, Indianapolis

"I may have used some R-rated words with some regularity: the person in front of me was going too slow; the person behind me too fast. And those people merging right before a lane was closing for constructions? Complete and total…well, I'm in the pulpit." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the third Sunday after the Epiphany (January 24, 2016). Readings: 8:1-3; Ps. 19; 1 Cor. 12:12-31a; Lk. 4:14-21. Image: K2D2Vaca (https://www.flickr.com/photos/k2d2vaca), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

"Mary is making a 911 call, an SOS. This is a panic-stricken moment, a last chance." The Rev. Dr. Gray Lesesne preaches on the second Sunday after the Epiphany (January 17, 2016). Readings: Is. 62:1-5; Ps. 35:5-10; 1 Cor. 12:1-11; Jn. 2:1-11 Image: Lawrence OP (https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

"I now part company with the Bard when he insists, 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' Well, maybe. But our names matter." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord (January 10, 2016). Readings: Is. 43:1-7; Ps. 29; Acts 8:14-17; Lk 3:15-17, 21-22.

"The miracle of the incarnation is not something to be pondered in a day". The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the first Sunday after Christmas (December 27, 2015).

"Come All Ye Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant ?" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on Christmas 2015. Distributed under a CC-BY-NC 2,0 US License

"Singing also helps us live into feelings we don't yet possess: hope, joy, faith." Readings: Mic. 5:2-5a; Heb. 10:5-10; Lk. 1:L39-55. Image: St. George's School (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stgeorgesschool/), distributed under a CC BY license.

01 Advent 2 2015 by allsaintsindy

"John answers to people's own lives, to who they are and how they live right now: 'whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.'" Readings: Zeph. 3:14-20; Is. 12:2-6; Phil. 4:4-7; Lk. 3:7-18. Image:

"During this season we are to be detectives of hope, discoverers of joy, sleuths of holiness." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the first Sunday of Advent (November 29, 2015). Readings: Jer. 33:14-16; Ps. 25:1-10; 1 Thess. 3:9-13; Lk. 21:25-36. Image: Pascal (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/), placed in public domain.

"Of all the devastations of that time, the one that most deeply affected him was realizing that these young men were not equipped to face death, that there was no difference between those raised in the church and those raised outside the church." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on Christ the King Sunday (November 22, 2015). Readings: 2 Sam. 23:1-7; Ps. 132:1-13; Rev. 1:4b-8; Jn. 18:33-37.

Inn a scholarly and witty sermon, Fr. Charles Allen chronicles the genealogy and misbehavior of Ruth and Boaz, suggesting that without the very human misbehavior of these Biblical characters there would be no Jesus.

On this All Saints Day, Mother Suzanne Wille describes saints as those whose purpose in life is to know, love, and serve God and God's people.

"She showed up at an evening service and was clearly very devout, but when I talked to her after Mass it became clear that she was, well, a little drunk." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost (October 25, 2015). Readings: Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Ps. 34:-18; Heb. 7:23-38; Mk. 10:46-52 Image: Can Pac Swire (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18378305@N00/), distributed under a CC BY-NC license.

"'I wonder if one of you kids can give me a word for what God is like,' he said. A young boy piped up immediately: 'Dangerous!'" Brendan O'Sullivan-Hale preaches on the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (October 18, 2015). Readings: Job 38:1-7, 34-41; Ps. 104:1-9, 25, 37b; Heb. 5:1-10; Mk. 10:35-45. Image: NASA

"Diagnosis? Terminal self-importance, progressive self-reliance. Prescription? Shed all that is false." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost (October 11, 2015). Readings: Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31. Image: Nicolás Boullosa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/faircompanies/), distributed under a CC BY license.

"When we boil down today's Gospel to its essence, we are left with some simple things. God loves us all." The Rev. Brantley Alexander preaches on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost (October 4, 2015). Image: Jimmy Emerson, DVM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

"Why do we celebrate St. Michael when what he has done is conquered the Dragon in heaven, only to force him down to earth, where we are, struggling with Satan, or if you are of a more metaphorical mindset, with evil and sin?" Readings: Gen. 28:10-17; Ps. 103:19-22; Rev. 12:7-12; John 1:47-51.

"Finally, Inigo Montoya says, 'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.' How often are we in that same situation?" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 13, 2015). Readings: Prov. 1:20-33; Ps. 19; James 3:1-12; Mk. 8:27-38. Image: Nicolas Micciola (http://nickini.deviantart.com), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

"He's showing us what it looks like when we demean people. He's showing us what it looks like when people are begging us for help and we turn away." The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 6, 2015). Readings: Is. 35:4-7a; Ps. 146; James 2:1-17; Mk. 7:24-37. Image: Stephen Melklsethlan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenmelkisethian/), distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.

"Just as we in the church arent' sure we want to talk about sex, the earliest editors of the Bible weren't sure they wanted to include this book in it!" The Rev. E. Suzanne Wille preaches on the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Readings: Song 2:8-13; Ps. 45:1-2, 7-10; James 1:17-27; Mk. 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Image: Jean-Pierre Bluteau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/turkian/), distributed under a CC BY-NC license.