Suzanne E. Watson
The Rev. Suzanne Watson has served in congregations in California, New Zealand, Connecticut and on the staff of the Presiding Bishop in New York. She is currently exploring a call to medical missionary work, and just completed her first semester of medical studies at St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies, where she is also serves as a priest.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Sharing Frensdorff’s Dream, Epiphany 1 (C) – 2013
Wesley Frensdorff was the bishop of Nevada in the early 1970s. He also served as assisting bishop of Arizona and interim bishop of Navajoland. He was one of the early visionaries of a movement called “total ministry,” a strategy for living out our Baptismal Covenant in community. Our Baptismal Covenant, the promise we make together […]
Southern California Is a Maze…, Proper 10 (A) – 2011
Southern California is a maze of concrete freeways: two lanes, four lanes, eight lanes, high-occupancy vehicle lanes, special-use lanes, bus lanes, peak-hour reversible-direction lanes, and more. A literal maze of concrete interconnecting over 8,000 square miles. Southern California drivers fear the radio announcement that a sig alert has been issued on their route. A “sig […]
The Architecture of St. David’s, Lent 2 (A) – 2011
The architecture of Saint David’s Episcopal Church in San Diego, California, is quite intriguing. From the parking lot, a long, winding path leads to the sanctuary, landscaped with trees and plants indigenous to the Holy Land. Walking through the olive trees and fragrant flowers, the first part of the sanctuary seen is a solid, cracked, […]
Picture This Scene…, Easter 6 (C) – 2010
Picture this scene. Thereâs a person we will call âSamantha,â who is a good, faithful Christian. She has attended church most Sundays for about a decade. She volunteers when needed and even served on the vestry for a term. She always attends special church events and Christian education offerings. But somehow, Samantha feels that something […]
The Surprise behind the Door, Epiphany 3 (C) – 2010
A few years back, the Thompsons were invited to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary with their oldest daughter. To commemorate the coupleâs ruby anniversary, their daughter had invited them to a lovely country club for dinner. When they arrived and opened the big double doors to what they assumed to be the dining room ⦠[…]
God Did Not…, Proper 24 (B) – 2009
James Hewett writes, âGod did not save us to be a sensation. God saved us to be servants.â Todayâs gospel reading provides a remarkable contrast between sensation and servant. In this reading we hear the story of two of Jesusâ disciples, James and John, who make the request to Jesus to receive a position of […]
Today We Celebrate…, Day of Pentecost (B) – 2009
âAnd suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in […]
I’m Blessed…, Proper 25 (B) – 2006
Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Gospel singer and evangelist […]
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