St. Mark's New Canaan
Welcome to the podcast for St. Mark's Episcopal Church in New Canaan, CT. This is the perfect place for people who want to enjoy our sermons on-the-go.
Episodes
375 episodes
04.12.26 "Life" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The Second Sunday of EasterWhat does it really mean to be alive? On a baptism Sunday, Fr. Peter explores the staggering gift of existence itself, the difference between merely existing and truly living, and the divine life Christ ...
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04.05.26 "Where's Waldo Love Story" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
Easter DayWhat if Easter isn’t just about finding Jesus…but about being found? In this imaginative and deeply moving sermon, Fr. Peter reframes the resurrection story as a kind of “Where’s Waldo” search—except the real surprise is...
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04.04.26 "Awake, O Sleeper" - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
The Great Vigil of EasterWhat if Holy Saturday is not empty at all, but charged with holy mystery? Rev. Elizabeth explores the great silence between crucifixion and resurrection, the strange, sacred in-between where God is already...
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04.03.26 "Broken Is the Name" - The Reverend John Kennedy
Good FridayWhat if the cross isn’t just something that happened… but something still happening? Fr. John invites us into a deeper, more unsettling truth: the suffering of Christ is not confined to the past, but woven through the p...
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04.02.26 “Now It’s Our Turn” - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
Maundy ThursdayOn Maundy Thursday, Jesus does not leave his disciples with abstract ideas. He leaves them with actions: wash, share, stay awake, love. What does it mean to become the body of Christ in a hurting world? What does lo...
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03.29.26 "Not This Week" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm SundayOn Palm Sunday, Jesus doesn’t just ride into Jerusalem...he confronts everything we think power, kingship, and strength should look like. This is a kingdom turned inside out. A King who emptie...
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03.22.26 "Eternity is Now" - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
The Fifth Sunday in LentWhat if eternal life isn’t something waiting for you someday… but something breaking in right now? Rev. Elizabeth challenges us to rethink resurrection entirely. Not as a future miracle, but as a daily awak...
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03.15.26 "Seeing Is Believing" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The Fourth Sunday in LentWhat does it mean to truly see? In the powerful story of the man born blind in John’s Gospel, what begins as a miraculous healing becomes something much deeper: a journey from spiritual blindness to spirit...
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03.08.26 "Living Water & The Enlightened Woman at the Well" - The Reverend John Kennedy
The Third Sunday in Lent.Water runs like a hidden current through this week’s scriptures as Fr. John explores the surprising spiritual model we find in the Samaritan woman. While overlooked in much of Western Christianity, she bec...
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03.01.26 "Seeing in the Dark" - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
The Second Sunday in Lent.The world feels uncertain. War, upheaval, and shifting ground can leave us feeling unmoored. But what if the deeper problem isn’t a lack of information, but a lack of wisdom? Explore the nighttime encount...
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02.22.26 "Wilderness Challenge" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The First Sunday in LentBefore Jesus preached a sermon, healed a body, or called a disciple… he was famished. In the wilderness between baptism and ministry, Jesus faced testing that revealed not only who he was — but who we are c...
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02.18.26 “Ash Wednesday: Give Up the Act & Get Real” - The Reverend John Kennedy
Ash Wednesday.What if Ash Wednesday is less about guilt… and more about getting real? Are we living for God — or for applause? Ash Wednesday invites us into a reality check. The ashes remind us that we are dust. The cross reminds ...
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02.15.26 "From Taipei 101 to Mount Tabor: Alex Honnold and the Transfiguration" - The Reverend John Kennedy
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany.What does a death-defying skyscraper climb have to do with the Transfiguration of Jesus? Explore what it means to be fully alive, what it means to shine with Christ’s light, and how Lent calls us...
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02.08.26 "Spiritual Athletes" - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. It’s Super Bowl Sunday and the Winter Olympics have begun. What if faith requires the same grit and discipline as elite athletics? Learn how Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount becomes our playbook...
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02.01.26 "Strong, Steady, & Ready: The 2026 State of the Parish Address" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. What does a healthy church really look like in 2026? In Fr. Peter’s State of the Parish Address, we hear why this moment matters, how momentum has been built over decades, and what it means to...
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01.25.26 "Jesus: A Nobody from Nowhere" - The Reverend John Kennedy
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany. Jesus didn’t come with credentials, connections, or clout. He came with a look that changed lives. What happens when a “nobody from nowhere” sees you and calls you anyway? In this sermon, ...
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01.18.26 "On the Jesus Side of History" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. What does it mean to be on the Jesus side of history? On MLK weekend, the question before the church is not whether injustice exists, but whether Christians will align their lives, policies, and...
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01.11.26 “The Big Smallness of Sacraments” - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord. What if God hides cosmic truth in the smallest, most ordinary things? Explore how water, oil, bread, and wine shape us into people of love, courage, and justice. In...
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01.04.26 "Epiphany and the Stories That Lead Us Home" - The Reverend John Kennedy
The Second Sunday after Christmas. What if faith isn’t about believing a fairy tale, but about recognizing a signal that keeps calling us home? In this Epiphany sermon, Fr. John explores the power of sacred storytelling, doubt and d...
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12.28.25 “The Word Who Cannot Speak: A Christmas Sermon” - The Reverend John Kennedy
The First Sunday after Christmas. At Christmas, the Gospel of John proclaims a profound paradox: the Word who created the world enters it unable to speak. This sermon reflects on the Word made flesh, present among us in vulnerabilit...
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12.25.25 "The Most Disruptive Baby in the World" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
Christmas Day. What if the most powerful disruption in history came not with force, but as a newborn baby? In this Christmas Day sermon, Fr. Peter reflects on the birth of Jesus as a divine interruption that still reshapes lives 2,0...
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12.21.25 "Sanctuary, Not Shame" - The Reverend Elizabeth Garnsey
The Fourth Sunday of Advent. What if God doesn’t come through perfection, but through protection? On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, we encounter the often-overlooked courage of Joseph, a man who chose mercy over fear and sanctuary ov...
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12.14.25 "Wait For It..." - The Reverend John Kennedy
The Third Sunday of Advent. We’re good at hustling. We’re bad at waiting. But what if waiting is exactly where God is at work? Fr. John invites us to slow down, resist instant gratification, and trust the unfinished work of God.
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12.07.25 "Metanoia and Maranatha" - The Reverend Peter F. Walsh
The Second Sunday of Advent. Advent begins with a call not just to repent, but to metanoia — a lifelong turning of heart, mind, and spirit toward new life. Fr. Peter invites us to pray maranatha (“Come, Lord Jesus”) as a daily Adven...
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11.30.25 “Is That All There Is?” - The Reverend John Kennedy
The First Sunday of Advent. What happens when the life we’re living starts to feel like “all there is”? On the first Sunday of Advent, Fr. John invites us to hear Jesus’ urgent call—“Keep awake”—and to wake up to the deeper life God...
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