July 1, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Lordy! It’s hot! You know what Episcopalians do when it’s this hot? We go to Austin Texas for General Convention! Yup – I kid you not. Anyway, I remember once being in heat far worse than this – back in…
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,…
