January 14, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. Today we celebrate the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. The lectionary appoints this as being celebrated last Sunday, but as we transfer the Feast of the Epiphany to the first Sunday in January,…
Feast of the Epiphany (trans.) – January 7, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. Today we celebrate Epiphany. The feast of the Epiphany is Janurary 6th, so we are celebrating it today. And it is this feast day that ends our Christmastide…
Christmas Eve 2023: Sing a new song to God, who has done marvelous things. Amen. It is often said that Christmas is for children. Soooooo, what are all you adults doing here? Well, maybe because it isn’t just for children. Perhaps Christmas seems to be for children because they see the world and this night…
December 10, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. We just heard the opening verses from the Gospel of Mark, starring that locust and honey eating prophet of fame – John the baptizer, telling us to prepare the way for the one who is to come. To understand the entire…
November 26, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, welcome to the post-stuffing-our-face-not-gonna-get-on-a-scale-for-weeks season. I pray you all enjoyed Thanksgiving, and no, we didn’t turn off the heat so you could burn more calories sitting in the pews – but hey, that is the bright side I suppose of…
November 19, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This past Thursday, several of you joined me at the community interfaith Thanksgiving service at Temple Ner Tamid. The service, attended by Jews, Muslims, and Christians, featured songs led by Cantor Meredith Greenberg, as well as prayers and reflections from local…
October 29, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Bible trivia question: How did scholars figure out that maybe, just maybe, the tradition that Moses wrote the first five books of the bible, the Jewish Torah, might not be accurate? Answer: The passage from Deuteronomy we heard today, for a…
October 15, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I don’t know if any of you have read the entire bible, but if you haven’t, you can always use this Cliff Notes version. I needed some help, so I asked our fabulous choir to play along here. I’ll play the…
October 1, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, happy 165th birthday Christ Church! Today is our Fall Founder’s Fest Sunday, which we will celebrate in the parish hall following the service. We hold this on the first Sunday in October, because we were founded on October 4th 1858. …
September 24, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Every time this passage from Exodus comes up, I just want to sing “It’s raining quail! Hallelujah!” Never mind. So, maybe let’s focus on the gospel instead, which is one that can often challenge our notion of what is just, what…
