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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
January 11, 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Now, if you have been here these past few weeks of Christmastide and the Feast of the Epiphany, you would be right thinking that Jesus sure grows up fast, I mean we just celebrated his birth, then last week he’s a…
Feast of the Epiphany (trans.) – January 4, 2026: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. The actual feast is on January 6th, and today would be the Second Sunday after Christmas. Still, this year, the story of the magi’s visitation to Jesus…
Christmas Eve – December 24, 2025; May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This is the most wonderful time of the year, or so we are told by Johnny Mathis and others. It really is though, even if the turkey didn’t thaw out in time, the kids are hyped up on…
December 7, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. You’all know I love Hallmark Christmas movies. However, there is nothing quite like the ultimate story we hear at this time of year – A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. And as much as I love Hallmark, they just do…
