Sermons

“Risky Conversations”

April 19, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Happy Easter everyone!  Yes – it’s still Easter. In fact, while we celebrate Eastertide for 50 days, in reality we are always a resurrection people. Now, the New York Times had a headline this week about the Vice President that read…

“It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”

April 5, 2026 – Easter Sunday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Well, I had hoped it would be a bit more Springy today.  Still, even if the weather isn’t sunny and bright, Spring truly is here – flowers are blooming, birds are singing, everyone is sneezing, and move aside…

“I Thirst”

Good Friday – 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Tonight we continue our three day service.  We really began two nights ago – at our healing Eucharist – when we remembered the betrayal of Jesus.  But the three part service that makes up what we call the Paschal Triduum…

“No Kings”

Palm Sunday – March 29, 2026 – May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Now, if you’ve been coming here awhile, than you already know that this should just be Palm Sunday, with the passion being our Holy Week journey.  Still, we do include it because Easter without the passion is…

“Dust & Tears”

March 22, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. These are troubling times for us all – the world, our country, our communities, and our families.  We are at war with Iran, and at war in our country.  Violence and oppression, bitterness and anger are part of our daily lives. …

“Keep Hope Alive”

March 8, 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Now, whenever this gospel text comes around, I always need to address some misconceptions about what is going on here, so that we can understand the original meaning, and then get to how that will help us today. First, how many…

“For God So Loved The World”

March 1, 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. It would seem we are once again at war.  Yesterday, our country again attacked another country without provocation.  In this attack, we teamed with another nation already accused of war crimes.  This unconstitutional act, one of many by this President, has…

“Armonia”

February 8, 226: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. You know, when I left Minneapolis and the -35 windchill weather, I did NOT remember packing that cold air to bring back to New Jersey.  Lordy!  I had hoped to leave that behind, but it is smacking us in the face…

“We Will Make It After All”

February 1, 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Tomorrow there’s this pesky groundhog that is supposed to tell us how much winter we have left, and I swear, if that rodent sees his shadow I’m gonna go have a word with him, and it won’t be pretty.  This has…

“Now Is The Time!”

January 18, 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard.  Amen. Twelve years ago tomorrow, I celebrated the Eucharist here for the first time as your Rector.  It was January 19, 2014 at 10:30am.  I remember it well.  I knew way back then I had been called into something amazing – a…