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
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 we hear again the Churchâs emphasis on hope and future. Part of what we do during this season is to prepare to celebrate the coming […]
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 who was in the last stages of cancer, the man staying with their bed-ridden father during the day and his sister staying with their father […]
The Repentance Trip, Advent 2 (C) – 2009
The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. What MapQuest had indicated was a real road was, in fact, a road under construction. He should have known, the man sighed to himself. When he had turned onto the road and left the main highway, […]
I Am the Bread of Life…, Proper 13 (B) – 2009
Jesus said, âI am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.â A widower had some raspberry bushes. The first summer after his wife died, a woman from his church asked if she could come over and pick raspberries. She knew he […]
Freedom of Choice, Advent 4 (B) – 2008
Of today’s gospel lesson, Frederick Buechner, in his book Peculiar Treaures, wrote: “She struck the angel Gabriel as hardly old enough to have a child at all, let alone this child, but he’d been entrusted with a message to give her and he gave it. He told her what the child was to be named, and […]
Today’s Gospel Story…, Palm Sunday (A) – 2008
Todayâs gospel story, at the heart of the Churchâs faith, should be at the heart of our faith: that Jesus would live and die for us. That Jesus would say to our heavenly Father, âThy will be done,â even though his commitment would lead to his death. That Jesus would have compassion on the crowds, […]
Here We Are…, Advent 4 (A) – 2007
Here we are, on the fourth Sunday of Advent. Christmas Eve is just around the corner. Ready or not, itâs just about time for the Christmas story, told by carol, by pageant, by Sunday school children in bathrobes and tinsel halos. And when we say âthe Christmas story,â we usually mean Lukeâs version of the […]
Just Looking…, Proper 26 (C) – 2007
âJust looking, thanks.â When a salesperson in a store approaches us to see if they can be of assistance, we may say these words to keep them at a safe distance: just looking. Weâre interested, but not willing to commit; curious, but donât want someone pressuring us into making a purchase. Just looking, thanks. Zacchaeus […]
God Is Deeply…, Proper 19 (C) – 2007
God is deeply in love with each of us. Not just humanity in general, but each and every person. To make this truth about God plain, Jesus tells two parables, about a lost sheep and a lost coin, and about how their owners searched and searched until they found even just one that was missing. […]
Of All the Issues…, Proper 16 (C) – 2007
Of all the issues facing the church 120 years ago, one that was considered so pressing that it was addressed by bishops throughout the Anglican Communion at the Lambeth Conference of 1888 was this: the observance of the Sabbath. The bishops at that conference issued a report including these statements: âThe principle of the religious […]
How Do You Spend Time…, Proper 28 (B) – 2006
How do you spend time? How will you live this day? Each of our lessons appointed for this Sunday has something to do with the end of time, with a glimpse into the question of when.When will time as we know it end? What will that time look like? And however we think of it, […]
Who Hasn’t Been Impressed…, Lent 1 (B) – 2006
Who hasnât been impressed by the beauty of a rainbow? Rainbows have the quality of wonder: yes, there is a scientific explanation for how light is refracted in a certain way, but really they seem more like magic. After a rain, a colorful bow appears in the sky, a pure gift, a delight to the […]
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