Amy Richter
The Rev. Dr. Amy Richter is an Episcopal priest, currently living in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. She is the author and editor of several books, including Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship and Saving Words: 20 Redemptive Words Worth Rescuing, published by Cascade.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Expecting the Unexpected Messiah, Advent 3 (A) – 2013
What happens when our expectations don’t get met? How about when it’s our expectations about God that don’t get met? A few years ago, Steve Johnson, a wide receiver for […]
It Is Finished, Good Friday – 2013
“It is finished.” Many said words like those that day. Pilate pushed himself up from the judgment bench and sighed, “Jesus is finished, another political troublemaker out of the way.” […]
This One Thing, Proper 11 (C) – 2013
Just when we think we have the formula all worked out, the path to success all laid out, the one easy answer for earning us an A-plus for discipleship, Jesus […]
Throwing Off the Cloak, Proper 25 (B) – 2012
“Throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.” In today’s reading from the Gospel of Mark, we may imagine the cloak was given to Bartimaeus by his […]
Speaking With Strangers, Day of Pentecost (B) – 2012
As a child, were you ever warned not to speak to strangers? This warning can be very helpful, and keeping our children safe is so important. Today, though, we hear […]
What Would We Say?, Christmas Eve – 2011
Part of the wonder of this night is the possibility of the meeting of worlds, the coming together of time. We sing, “the hopes and fears of all the years […]
Today’s Gospel Lesson…, Proper 18 (A) – 2011
Today’s gospel lesson is part of Jesus’ teaching about our life together in community, how it is that we are to live and love within the Christian community, especially when […]
It Didn’t Help…, Proper 9 (A) – 2011
“Come to me, all you that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and […]
How Blessed Is This Night…, Great Vigil of Easter (A) – 2011
“How blessed is this night, when earth and heaven are joined and we are reconciled to God.” These are the words of the church, sung in the Exsultet with which […]
The Church Makes Many…, Epiphany 6 (A) – 2011
The Church makes many claims about God – about who God is and what God does and what God is like. We make big claims, and the biggest of all, […]
Happy Advent! Today Marks…, Advent 1 (A) – 2010
[RCL]: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 Happy Advent! Today marks the beginning of Advent, the season when we prepare for the coming of Christ, a season when […]
What Do You Think Heaven Is?, Proper 21 (C) – 2010
What do you think heaven is? A man told this story of his experience just before his father died. The man and his sister were taking care of their father […]
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