Sermons

“God Of The Living”

November 10, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Having celebrated All Saints, and survived the time change back to EST (barely), we are now in Advent.  For those who are new here, there is more information on the seven week Advent season in your bulletins (and for…

“For All The Saints”

November 3, 2019 – All Saints Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. I love the music we sing today – For All the Saints, Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, Ye holy Angels Bright, and of course, our Communion Hymn, I Sing A Song Of The Saints…

“Jacob At The Jabbok”

October 20, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Now, I know it must be really hard to imagine something like what we heard about in the gospel today, right?  I mean, come on Jesus, there’s no such thing as a justice system that turns its back on…

“I’m Blessed”

October 13, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Oh how I love the story we heard today in our Hebrew scripture lesson from 2 Kings about Naaman, the commander of the army of the King of Aram. It is one of the best narratives, and if you…

“Got Faith?”

October 6, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Wow!  It is so good to be back!  I have missed you all so very much!  I prayed for you every day, and held you close in my heart, these past several months.  While I needed this sabbatical, and…

“The Jack Pine Cone Life”

June 9, 2019 – The Feast of Pentecost – Mass on the Grass…with Brass!: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. What a joy it is to be out worshiping with all of you here in the midst of God’s beautiful creation.  When we started this annual Mass on…

“We Must Speak Up”

June 2, 2018: [Our guest preacher was Ms. Kelly Mcallister.  Kelly is a second grade teacher at Golda Och Academy in West Orange. Her wife Amy is a Tax Attorney with Wilson Elsner in Florham Park, and a member of our Vestry.  They have been attending Christ Church since 2014, initially with their children Aidan and…

“The End Of The Table”

May 19, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. If you were here last week, you heard about the disciple Tabitha, raised from the dead through the intercession of another disciple, Peter.  At the end of that story there was a line that said that our boy Peter…

“Who Will Weep For Us?”

May 12, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. I want to wish all the women here a very Happy Mother’s Day.  I, for one, got a nice card from my dog Lexi and my two cats Katie & Lauren, complete with paw prints (their grandma – my…

“Peace Be With You”

April 28, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. By now, most of you know that I love this gospel passage.  Thomas is my favorite disciple after Mary Magdalene.  Which is why it was inevitable, I suppose, that it would come back to haunt me.  Back in May…