April 14, 2019 – Palm Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Now, as I say every Palm Sunday, we shouldn’t be reading the passion gospel at all today, and well, we actually don’t here at Christ Church, at least not as the gospel reading for the day. …
April 7, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. What a wonderful Sunday we had last week with our bishop, right? There is something so joyous about the way in which our bishop bridges us to the larger church, and we feel that most especially when we are…
March 24, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Last year I told you a story about “…a woman who dreamed she walked into a brand-new shop in the marketplace and, to her surprise, found God behind the counter. “What do you sell here?” she asked. “Everything your…
March 17, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Lordy, if I were not already a vegetarian, that reading from Genesis today would make me want to be one – what is up with all that slicing up the animals and piling them up on a fire –…
March 10, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Does anyone else think there must be some synchronicity here with the gospel account of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness being on the same Sunday we enter into Lent with a change to Daylight Savings Time –…
February 24, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. It is great to be back after a brief rest, but it would seem the news – inside and outside of the church – did not take a vacation. If only, but I will get to all of that…
February 10, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I grew up, like a lot of you, reading the Sunday comics. I used to pull it right out of the big Sunday Paper, that I, by the way, had just delivered. I was a reluctant Washington Post delivery…
May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Oh, how much do we love that psalm, right? “In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed. In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; incline your ear to me and save me. Be my strong rock,…
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…
