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
Believing and Doing the Will of the Father, Proper 4 (A) – 2002
The Old Testament lesson for today is an emphatic repetition of an earlier passage in Deuteronomy that is based on the Shema, the great trumpet call in Hebrew of, “Hear […]
For God’s People, God’s Holy Way Is a Choice, Advent 3 (A) – 2001
A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveler, not […]
Go and Do Likewise, Proper 10 (C) – 2001
Americans who have not lived in another country for any length of time, do not realize that, in spite its faults, the United States is a nation that obeys laws. […]
To Be Fit for the Kingdom, Proper 8 (C) – 2001
No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. Are there many people today who understand “what putting a hand […]
God Shows No Partiality, Easter Day (C) – 2001
On this Easter Sunday, it is a good thing to turn to that rather neglected book in the canon, the Acts of the Apostles. It is full of wonderful stories, […]
Darkness Has Fallen on the Earth…, Great Vigil of Easter (C) – 2001
Darkness has fallen on the earth. Jesus, the healer, the teacher, the one proclaimed “God’s beloved Son” is dead. His followers have run away. Courageous women watch from the distance […]
It Is Accomplished. It Is Finished., Good Friday – 2000
On this Good Friday we hear again the magnificent passage from Isaiah which has come to be known as the Fourth Servant Song and the superbly told story of the […]
Recapturing the Wonder, Christmas Day (I) – 2000
We have finally arrived at the loveliest day (night) of the year. We all love stories, and there has never been a more beautiful nor a more hopeful story than […]
Who Is Jesus?, Christmas Day (III) – 2000
And now, after weeks of waiting, the blessed day has arrived. Christmas! Is there anyone in the Western World who doesn’t feel something different about this day from all other […]
Waiting for the Joy to Come, Advent 4 (C) – 2000
On this Sunday we continue in the spirit of Advent, the spirit of expectation; we are waiting for something significant to happen. We Christian people are by now tired of […]
This Parable as Reported…, Proper 28 (A) – 1999
This parable as reported by Matthew has some powerful images that have influenced our thinking and our language profoundly. The word talanto (singular) and talanta (plural) in the koine Greek […]
An Invitation to Joy, Proper 23 (A) – 1999
This parable, found also in Luke, is embellished by the writer of Matthew’s Gospel and contains some points that may be difficult to understand. But the heart and meaning of […]
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