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…
September 30, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. This has been a week of Tsunamis – real and proverbial. We are rocked by the horrific news of hundreds of Indonesian people dead from the tsunami waves resulting from a 7.5 earthquake. And by we were emotionally swallowed up…
September 23, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Yesterday, those of us who were able to be at the consecration of our new bishop, now rightfully known to us as the Rt. Rev. Carlye J. Hughes, bore witness to an amazing moment for our church, and particularly…
[Our guest preacher was our Dir. of Music, William Davies. For more information about him, click here: Music. The audio (available below) includes an opening of the sermon not included in the text. It also is much longer than the sermon actually was, as it was left on through the end of the service, so you…
September 9, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I love this gospel reading (or its parallel in the Gospel of Matthew). What I don’t love is what we sometimes do with it. Now, when I hear it today, I am reminded of that glaring moment in February…
September 2, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Unless you have been living under a rock this past week, you bore witness to a nation grieving the loss of two icons – one is the Queen of Soul, the other a hero of our nation. The funerals…
August 26, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. A few years ago, my refrigerator decided it was time to retire to the old fridge home in the sky. So, I went looking for a new one, and was I ever in for a surprise. First of all, everything…
July 29, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I love that line in the gospel today where it said “Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all.” Sounds like a description of Woodstock to me. …
July 22, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” How many of you hear that in the gospel today and just want to say “Yes!” Please… Jesus, give me that sweet rest. Of course, for…
[Our guest preacher was Mr. Christopher Dwyer. Christopher is a chorister, co-chair of our Outreach Group, and a seminarian] July 15, 2018: In the name of the one, holy, and living God: Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. Amen. That Gospel story is a real barn-burner, huh? It’s got everything – sympathetic prisoner of conscience, courtly intrigue,…
