Ada Wong Nagata
The Rev. Dr. Ada Wong Nagata is an Episcopal priest, recently retired. She has served in parishes in the Dioceses of Los Angeles and New York. She serves on the General Convention Task Force on Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment and is also an honorary canon of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, Diocese of Los Angeles. Ada earned her Doctor of Ministry from Episcopal Divinity School in 2015. She loves hiking and meditative walk.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Leave Her Alone. She Is Telling the Truth., Monday in Holy Week – 2023
[RCL] Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 36:5-11; Hebrews 9:11-15; John 12:1-11 In our Episcopal tradition, it was Palm Sunday yesterday. Jesus has entered Jerusalem. We are beginning Holy Week, and Jesus is […]
Answering Jesus, Proper 21 (A) – 2020
[RCL] Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” The chief priests and the elders […]
By Our Love, Maundy Thursday – 2020
[RCL]: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord. And we pray that […]
What Will Happen to Him?, Proper 10 (C) – 2019
[RCL]: Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37 Today we hear a very familiar parable, the parable of the Good Samaritan. Many great preachers have preached on this story; […]
What Should We Do?, Advent 3 (C) – 2018
Today is the Third Sunday of Advent, traditionally called Gaudete – or Rejoice – Sunday. It comes from today’s lesson from the Letter to the Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord […]
Be Faithful, Keep Planting, Proper 6 (B) – 2018
The lessons we read today seem to be mainly about planting. Most of us probably do not live on farms, but we might have some knowledge about the growth of […]
Leave Her Alone. She Is Telling the Truth., Monday in Holy Week – 2018
In our Episcopal tradition, it was Palm Sunday yesterday. Jesus has entered Jerusalem. We are beginning Holy Week, and Jesus is walking closer and closer toward the cross. In today’s […]
The Right Things At the Right Time, Ascension Day – 2017
Crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. All in a little over forty days. From sadness to guilt, to hopelessness, to fear, to doubt, to hopefulness, the feelings of the disciples have been […]
Can You See and Hear God’s Presence in Your Life?, Advent 3 (A) – 2016
We are well into the third week of the Advent season. Advent is a season of waiting, expectation, and preparation for the coming of the Messiah. But who is this […]
Rich Toward God, Proper 13 (C) – 2016
Right now in the world there is lots of tension on the issues of income and wealth inequality. I am not an economist or social scientist so I will not […]
God Is Much Bigger, Proper 4 (C) – 2016
The Great Fifty Days of Easter have come and gone. We prepared ourselves in Lent for the passion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. During the Great Fifty Days […]
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