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
In Both Testament Lessons…, Epiphany 2 (A) – 2008
In both Testament lessons and in the gospel of this second Sunday in Epiphany we sense a strong line running through them, like a rope that pulls us up to […]
Listen with Understanding, Epiphany 3 (C) – 2007
On this the third Sunday after Epiphany we are presented with images of two public readings from the law and the prophets. These images are highly dramatic, and in visualizing […]
Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing, Epiphany 2 (C) – 2007
There is something almost mystical about the beginning of a new year. It is exactly what Epiphany calls forthâwith the coming of Light, with the announcing of the coming Kingdom […]
You Are My Beloved, Epiphany 1 (C) – 2007
What does it mean to be Godâs chosen? What does it mean to be Godâs Beloved? The four gospels tell the story of Jesusâ baptism a bit differently, but a […]
The Realm of Light, Feast of Epiphany – 2007
In this season of Epiphany we enter the realm of light. In fact the Greek church, in the language of the people, has called this season, Ta Phota: âthe lights.â […]
Entering the Darkness, Good Friday – 2006
And now the sorrowful fellowship of Thursday evening turns into terror with the arrest of their beloved teacher; it is the longest night of their lives. But when Friday dawns, […]
Remembering a Night of Sorrow and of Change. Maundy Thursday – 2006
Together with the sense of the Holy, the experience of Maundy Thursday affords us the most profound awareness of the role of change in our lives as well as the […]
I Have Seen the Lord!, Easter Day (B) – 2006
The Light has burst through the darkness. The long night is over. The poet John Masefield cries with us, Oh glory of the lighted mind. How dead Iâd been, how […]
Keep Watching: I Feel the Coming Glory of the Light, Great Vigil of Easter (B) – 2006
Last night we became intensely aware of darkness, surrounded by the night of grief that is almost insulted by light. As Edwin Arlington Robinson writes in âCredoâ from his book […]
Time and Talents, Proper 28 (A) – 2005
Among the biggest mysteries of daily life is the passage of time. What happens to it? Why are we so bound by it? Why does time pass so slowly when […]
The Wounded Heart of the Creator, Proper 22 (A) – 2005
What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? . […]
Those Who Turn the World Upside Down, Easter 5 (A) – 2005
The dramatic, fast-moving pace set by St. Paul once he made the decision to respond to Godâs summons to enter Macedonia continues with this visit to Thessalonica (Thessaloniki in Greek). […]
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