January 27, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, when we stare into history of hate in one of its most brutal expressions and pledge to never forget what has happened. And, this past Monday our nation paused to remember a man who…
January 13, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Well, by now, I am sure that you have your Christmas tree down, decorations put away, and said goodbye to your guests, and hello to your New Year’s resolutions to get those holiday pounds worked off by Valentine’s Day. Good…
January 6, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Today is Epiphany, which ends our Christmastide – our twelve days of Christmas. So, as I said in previous years, don’t let anyone give you a hard time about still having the tree up. Besides, they can be thankful you…
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…
