Good Morning! I’m River. My name comes from two Rivers that were present with me during significant life changes. I’m a seminary student in Hyde Park; I was the first out transgender student at that school, and I remain the only out transfeminine student there. It is such a delight to be with you today. […]

This sermon was preached on 20 November 2016, RCL Year C, also commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance. Many of you know that today is a special day in the church year: Next week, we start the cycle over again and can celebrate again the anticipated coming of Christ. Today, the church year ends; Today, we […]

A sermon prepared for, but not preached at Multicultural Tre Ore service at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on 25 March 2016. A reading from the Wisdom of Psalm 130, adapted. Out of the depths have I called you, O eternal one; hear my voice. Let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication, […]

A Reading from the Epistle to the Colossians, the Third Chapter: As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.  Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.  Above […]

A Reading from Ephesians, the Third Chapter: For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— Surely // you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me // for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have […]