Amy Richter
The Rev. Dr. Amy Richter is an Episcopal priest, currently living in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. She is the author and editor of several books, including Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship and Saving Words: 20 Redemptive Words Worth Rescuing, published by Cascade.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Change Your Question – Change Your Life, Proper 24 (B) – 2018
Here they come: the Zebedee boys. In fact, you can see them coming. They’ve been shopping at Men’s Wearhouse, and they like how they look. They flash whitened smiles, they’ve […]
Contentment, Proper 13 (B) – 2018
How do we know what is enough? To any normal member of his kingdom, King David would have looked like a man with enough. And yet, King David was not […]
Royal Families, Proper 10 (B) – 2018
Ever wondered, even for a moment, what it would be like to be royalty? Ever indulged in a daydream that you’re really the child of a king or a queen? […]
The Good Sower, Proper 10 (A) – 2017
Jesus has such a heart for his church. In this parable and its explanation, he’s not only addressing his first disciples but, as with all scripture, he’s addressing us too. […]
Fearless Following, Feast of the Epiphany – 2017
Dr. Margee Kerr is a sociologist who studies fear. She and other experts who write about how to keep New Year’s resolutions say that the secret to keeping resolutions is […]
Will We Accept God’s Love?, Proper 25 (C) – 2016
A prayer by Jacqueline Bergan and S Marie Schwann says, “Lord my God, when Your loved spilled over into creation You thought of me. I am from love, of love, […]
Great Cloud of Witnesses, Proper 15 (C) – 2016
In today’s Epistle lesson, the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews encourages us to persevere in our life of faith, no matter what difficulties we face. “Since we are […]
What Did They Do to Deserve That?, Lent 3 (C) – 2016
What did they do to deserve that? Jesus knew questions like this were on people’s minds when they came to tell him horrible news: Pilate – yes, the same Pontius […]
Our Faith Inside the Boat, Proper 14 (A) – 2014
Sometimes today’s gospel lesson is interpreted along the lines of the title of a book by John Ortberg, “If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get out […]
What Audience?, Ash Wednesday – 2014
Today’s gospel text almost comes as a relief: Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them. It’s a relief because we can be fairly […]
Expecting the Unexpected Messiah, Advent 3 (A) – 2013
What happens when our expectations don’t get met? How about when it’s our expectations about God that don’t get met? A few years ago, Steve Johnson, a wide receiver for […]
It Is Finished, Good Friday – 2013
“It is finished.” Many said words like those that day. Pilate pushed himself up from the judgment bench and sighed, “Jesus is finished, another political troublemaker out of the way.” […]
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