June 24, 2018 – LGBT Sunday: [Today we have as a guest preacher a member of our choir and vestry, Mark Richardson. Mark is a psychotherapist at Beth Israel Medical Center (Newark), he also maintains a private practice in Montclair, NJ, focused on helping survivors of trauma. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Art, 1983)…
June 17, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. So, it’s been an interesting news week, right? Good Lord. I was watching ‘Morning Joe’, a daily cable news show the other day, when Joe Scarborough, the host, who you may know had been a Republican Congressman, was talking about…
June 3 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Episcopalians, by and large, are a liturgical bunch. How we worship matters to us. That makes a lot of sense too, if you know the history of our church. And, most Episcopalians do not grow up in this church. Many, like…
May 27, 2018 – Trinity Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Last Thursday, I joined with over 1,000 other faith leaders in a packed church in Washington, DC, where we prayed, and heard prophetic witness to God’s love – the Holy Spirit was alive in that place!…
May 20, 2018 – Pentecost Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. This past week, I think many of us experienced a part of the Pentecost story we hear today in Acts: “And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and…
May 13, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I want to wish all the women here a very Happy Mother’s Day – all the mothers, sisters, daughters, wives, nieces, aunts, and friends. Women who have been a part of our lives – nurturing, mentoring, loving, caring. That is…
May 6, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. It is so good to be back from vacation – I really enjoyed the time away, but as always, I missed all of you very much. While I was away, I did a lot of outdoor chores around the…
April 15, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Alleluia! Christ is risen! [The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!] You know who else is risen? The Mets! YES! That’s right – they too have risen from the dead. It’s a miracle to be sure. Now, you might be thinking…
[Our guest preacher was Mr. Christopher Dwyer. Christopher is a chorister, co-chair of our Outreach Group, and a seminarian.] April 8, 2018: I speak to you in the name of God: Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Hey, Thomas? I get it, brother. You want to believe – you really do. According to the Gospel of John,…
Easter Sunday 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Alleluia, Christ is Risen! [He is risen indeed, Alleluia!] I remember sitting in a class in seminary as we neared Holy Week, when one of the students quipped “They canceled Easter!” We all turned and looked, and he continued…
