The Rev Alissa: Sermons
A place to listen to sermons preached wherever I go as Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Podcasting since 2023 • 50 episodes
The Rev Alissa: Sermons
Latest Episodes
The Fifth Sunday of Lent: How Do We Live?
"The real question is how do we live, knowing that grief, death, and loss are part of the story?text: John 11:1-45preached for Church of the Resurrection, Hopewell Junction, NY
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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7:57
The First Sunday in Lent: The Temptation to Stop Being Human
"The question before us is not what we will give up, but what kind of human being we will choose to be."text:Matthew 4:1-11preached with All Saints Episcopal Church, Manhattan on February 22, 2026
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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11:18
The Fifth SundayAfter the Epiphany: What We Were Made For
"What is so interesting to me in this is that surrounded by needs, and wants and longings, Jesus looks at his weird and wonderful congregation and doesn’t tell them to get something, or to become something or to do something – he tells them who...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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12:07
The Fourth Sunday After Epiphany: Attention
"We cannot expect our religion to save us if we do not remember our relationship with God and take seriously God’s desire for justice."Text: Micah 6:1-8, Matthew 5:1-12preached for St Ignatius of Antioch, Manhattan, on Feb 1, 2026...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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13:39
The First Sunday of Advent: The Mystery Box
"There are things that we will never know. That can be discouraging, but it can also be motivating... I don't love it. I don't love this idea that we will never know. But this is how we begin our Advent season: in the strangeness, and the darkn...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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11:14