As Lantz Professor of Preaching and Dean of Academic Affairs at Yale Divinity School, David Bartlett has shared his homiletical skills with the Yale community for over thirteen years. This collection of 31 of his sermons, all preached during his tenure at Yale, is both a tribute to Dean Bartlett's presence at Yale and a gift to those in the Yale community who know him. Following is an example of one of the sermons you will find in To All God's Beloved in New Haven: David Bartlett's Yale Sermons, 1990-2003: November 1, 2001 7 Yale Divinity School 7 Matthew 5:1-13 All Saints Day was the occasion for this sermon, which Dean Bartlett preached on Prospective Students Day at Yale Divinity School. Professor Margot Fassler, mentioned in this sermon, was the Director of the Institute of Sacred Music and is Robert Tangeman Professor of Music History and Liturgy. She is a Roman Catholic. I. One of the things that I love about this school is its interconfessional worship. Last week a Lutheran service to prepare for reformation day, sung morning prayer on Wednesdays, a revival by the Black Seminarians tonight. Twice in the last three years, however, our rich diversity has presented me with a particular challenge. Twice I have agreed to preach for services on November 1, always forgetting-and this will be a clue-always forgetting that November 1 is also All Saints Day. Now here is the problem as we gather on this All Saints day-both my companionable liturgist and I are Baptists-and on the Baptist liturgical calendar, All Saints Day is not only downplayed, it is entirely invisible. Let me be clear about my gratitude for those traditions that hold the saints in high esteem. On occasions in recent yearswhen I have faced the kind of crisis that afflicts humankind I have been genuinely moved to open my e-mails and receive from Professor Fassler the word that she is praying for me, and the list of saints to whom she prays. I am here to testify to the efficacy of those
