The Feast of All Saints – November 2, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, when we remember those who have gone before us. Some may think that sainthood is for a select few, or just for those in what we call…
October 26, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today is our last Sunday of the Creation Season. While we include a prayer for creation every Sunday, over the past month, we have been creation centered – focusing all our intercessions on behalf of the earth, the animals, and the…
October 5, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Before I get to the sermon, let us just take a moment to celebrate the momentous news our church, which is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, got yesterday. The new Archbishop of Canterbury was announced. Now, before we go further,…
September 28, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Lordy – what a gospel for our time. It practically preaches itself – but don’t get too excited… you are not that lucky. Now, you may have thought when the gospel first opened that you were getting a repeat of last…
September 21, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This week, while noodling the texts for today in my head and preparing to write my sermon, I saw something on Facebook Marketplace that I had been looking for, and at a great price too. When I got to the woman’s…
September 14, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This has been a most difficult week, and not because there is no joy in Metville – as Mets fans watch our team self-destruct. If only that was the most difficult news this week. Sadly, it is not. Once again, violence…
September 7, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. It is so good to be back here with all of you. I loved being on vacation, but this is wonderful to return to. One part of my vacation had me in Maine for a day or two. I had the…
August 10, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. We are in vacation season – yea!!! And I will be heading out on mine tomorrow. I will miss you, but these seasons of rest and renewal are important for all of us to take, and I hope each of you…
July 27, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. One of the things I often say about some passages of scripture is that they are so familiar to us, we have lost all of its meaning. We have stopped really listening or reading it, but immediately jump to what we…
July 20, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Any Brady Bunch fans feel like saying “Martha, Martha, Martha?” Yeah…okay – that reference is really to Marsha, but still. Now, this gospel, for a lot of folks, has been on the top 10 list of annoying scripture readings – right…
