Katerina Katsarka Whitley
Katerina Whitley, a native of Thessaloniki, Greece is a long-term writer for these pages. She worked as diocesan editor in the Diocese of East Carolina and as the PR & Communication associate for the then Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief during Bishop Edmond Browning’s tenure. She is the author of seven books in circulation and an active public speaker and performer. She lives in Boone, N.C. where she teaches at Appalachian State University.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Temptation Is a Word, Lent 1 (A) – 2011
“Temptation” is a word that has absented itself from this culture’s vocabulary and thinking. It’s so much easier to just give into it. “Save us from the time of trial,” […]
Good Friday Comes Every Year…, Good Friday – 2010
âFor this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.â Pilate asked […]
Have You Ever Heard a Verse…, Maundy Thursday – 2010
âAnd during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from […]
Like a Whip, Ash Wednesday – 2010
Reading Isaiah 58 knocks the breath out of our self-righteousness. The prophetâs words are addressed to all people and nations who claim belief in a God of justice and love. […]
The Terror by the Name of Herod, Christmas 2 – 2010
The gospel reading today reminds us that Jesus was born at a time that held little to no regard for human life. Emperors and kings reigned supreme, considering themselves equal […]
During Pentecost…, Proper 16 (B) – 2009
During Pentecost of Year B of the Lectionary, we have been studying the Gospel of Mark. However, for the past four Sundays we have digressed in order to delve into […]
The Readings for This Sad Day…, Good Friday – 2009
The readings for this sad day and night should stand alone, without the need of a sermon. So it is with trepidation that one approaches this sacred time, aware that […]
The Light of Epiphany…, Epiphany 3 (B) – 2009
The light of Epiphany shines on a truth accepted by both religious and agnostics: a person who spends his or her life dedicated to a good cause rises above the […]
Good Friday Comes to Us…, Good Friday – 2008
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, […]
Prologues, Christmas Day (III) – 2008
One of the readings suggested for Christmas Day is from the first chapter of Hebrews. It starts out with this introduction: âIn many and various ways God spoke of old […]
The Old Testament Scholar…, Proper 19 (A) – 2008
The Old Testament scholar Gerhard von Rad wrote: âReal forgiveness is not a purely interpersonal matter, but it reaches deeply into the relationship of men before God.â The three lectionary […]
The Lectionary for Today…, Proper 5 (A) – 2008
The lectionary for today is filled with so many themes that one is overwhelmed with riches. There is old Abraham, the ancestor of the promise; the tax collector Matthew, Jairus […]
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