Reconciliation, Healing, and Hope: Sermons from Washington National Cathedral - Hardcover

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9781640654846: Reconciliation, Healing, and Hope: Sermons from Washington National Cathedral

Synopsis

Powerful sermons from Washington National Cathedral that inspire and a foreword by John Meacham.

Through their sermons, Cathedral clergy and guest preachers such as Jon Meacham, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry share inspiring words. Collectively, they offer lasting guidance for difficult times, reinforcing that even in the midst of loss and chaos, God is at work among us, lifting us up and giving us hope for the future.

Topics include hope, faith during times of distress, love, grief, and the presence of God. With a foreword by Jon Meacham.

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About the Authors

Jan Naylor Cope is the Provost of Washington National Cathedral. Prior to ordination, she served on the senior staff of the White House and later led her nationally recognized executive search firm. She is a frequent guest preacher and speaker nationally and internationally. She lives in Washington DC.



Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer, is the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency and co-chair of the Project on Unity and American Democracy at Vanderbilt University. As Canon Historian of Washington National Cathedral, he preaches and leads public conversations several times a year on issues of faith, spirituality, and civic life.



The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry is the Episcopal Church’s 27th Presiding Bishop. He was the Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015. Bishop Curry has a national preaching and teaching ministry and is a regular on TV and radio and a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. His books include Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus; Following the Way of Jesus: Church’s Teachings for a Changing World; and Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times.



Randolph Marshall Hollerith is the eleventh Dean of Washington National Cathedral who has reoriented the institution toward radical welcome and hospitality. He grew up in nearby Alexandria, Virginia, often visiting the Cathedral as a boy during its construction.

MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE is the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and serves as president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. Prior to this, she served as rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She earned her masters in divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary. The author of Gathering the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice, her sermons have been published in books and journals.

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