Christmas Eve 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. The other night I heard something being kicked around (or in this case, pawed) all over the downstairs by my cats. At first I wasn’t all that concerned, figuring it was one of the many cat toys that I seem…
May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Remember last week I said that John the Baptizer would sound really cranky this week, like he hadn’t had his coffee and bagel yet? Well, unless calling folks a “brood of vipers” is some ancient form of a Hallmark greeting card, you…
December 9, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I don’t know if you noticed the turn. You know, the turn our gospel just took for us today? We are now on our 5thSunday of the original 7 week Advent, and Advent always begins, whether 4 weeks or…
December 2, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. What a gospel, right? Jesus says “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars…People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world…Now when these things begin to take place, stand…
[Our guest preacher was Mr. Christopher Dwyer. Christopher is a chorister, co-chair of our Outreach Group, and a seminarian] November 25, 2018: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, our strength and our redeemer. Amen. The book of Revelation, which we heard from in today’s…
November 18, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. “Wars and rumors of wars.” Now isn’t that just a cheery gospel. Geez, I was gone one week. What happened? Well, Advent happened, and this is how Advent gets going. Last week, on the Jesus Channel, he was in the…
November 4, 2018 – All Saints Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I just love that phrase from our collect of the day today: “ineffable joys.” Ineffable, which means “too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.” Well, I don’t know about you, but I…
October 28, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There is so much going on in our gospel story today that it would take many hours to unpack it all; but don’t worry, I will not be trying to go back to my Baptist roots and go beyond…
October 21, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. What a joyous celebration we experienced last night at our anniversary evensong. Our bishop, the Rt. Rev. Carlye J. Hughes, along with priests who had served this parish, other clergy of the diocese, and leaders of our towns of…
October 7, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Lordy, one commentator was right when he remarked about the scripture passages assigned for today – “Beware!,” he said. Indeed, beware – and be A-ware. If there is ever a time for a preacher not to allow a lesson…
