Susanna E. Metz
Rector, St. John the Baptist Church, Battle Creek, TN, Diocese of East Tennessee (2007—present)
Assistant Professor, School of Theology, Sewanee, TN (2001—present)
Education:
B. Mus. (1972) & B.A., Theology (1980), Immaculata College, Immaculata, PA
M. Ed., Elementary Education, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1982)
M. Div. (1996) & D. Min. (2003), School of Theology, Sewanee, TN
Ordination:
Deacon, Diocese of East Tennessee (1996)
Priest, Diocese of East Tennessee (1997)
Sermons and Bible Studies
Why Frightened?, Christmas 2 – 2009
When Herod heard about the child who had been born King of the Jews, we read in Matthew that âhe was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him.â Isnât that odd? […]
We Thought Last Week’s…, Proper 18 (A) – 2008
We thought last week’s gospel was the tough one, didn’t we? Last Sunday’s passage was the turning point in Matthew’s gospel â the point where Jesus begins to announce his […]
Who Are You?, Proper 11 (A) – 2008
Who are you? Who are your people? Who are your kin? These are questions weâre asked in many different ways every day. Culturally, in the South, âWho are your people?â […]
Well, This Is a Rough…, Proper 4 (A) – 2008
Well, this is a rough gospel passage, isnât it? It seems as if an awful lot of people are going to be disappointed when they come to enter the kingdom […]
Lead Us Not into Temptation, Lent 1 (A) – 2008
âLead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,â or âSave us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil.â Whichever version of the Lordâs Prayer you […]
Woman, Here Is Your Son…, Good Friday – 2007
âWoman, here is your son.â Then he said to his disciple, âHere is your mother.â Jesus hangs on the cross. Crowds of people stand around watching the spectacleâsome watching in […]
How Could Anyone…, Proper 21 (C) – 2007
How could anyone stand to have a poor man lying in the doorway, covered with sores, those sores being licked by stray dogs â a poor man who longs for […]
What Wonderful Images…, Proper 5 (C) – 2007
What wonderful images we have in todayâs passages. We have prophets, raisings from the dead, a never-ending supply of food, onlookers being both amazed and terrified. Itâs the Easter story […]
Letting Our Nets Down in Faith, Epiphany 5 (C) – 2007
“The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said, ‘Woe is me!’” “Woe is me” seems to […]
This Is One of Those Gospels, Proper 26 (B) – 2006
This is one of those gospels that when we hear it, we can get all comfy in our pews and say, âOh well, of course. How lovely that thought is: […]
To Each One of Us…, All Saints’ Day (B) – 2006
âTo each one of us Christ is saying, âIf you want your life and mission to be fruitful like mine, do like me. Be converted into a seed that lets […]
From Five Loaves of Bread…, Proper 12 (B) – 2006
âSo they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves … they filled twelve baskets.â Isnât that amazing? From five loaves of bread, the disciples gathered […]
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