February 12, 2017: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Now, you have heard it said, that if a sermon goes longer than 20 minutes, you are not in an Episcopal Church (or if you are, that preacher likely won’t last)…but, I say what about Jesus? I mean, he…
[Our guest preacher was Mr. Christopher Dwyer. Christopher is a chorister, co-chair of our Outreach Group, and a seminarian. The picture at left is at the 10:30am service.] February 5, 2017: I speak to you in the name of God who creates us, God who liberates us, and God who sustains us. Amen. So I’m a big fan…
January 29, 2017: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. The past month has been a whirlwind – it usually is for me with our parish annual meeting and diocesan convention – but this past month was different…horrifyingly different. For the past year, I have been working with Episcopal…
January 22, 2017: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Well, here we are again, with this rather timely message from Isaiah, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness–on them light has shined.” As I have…
January 15, 2017: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. You know, about a year ago I mentioned that the great comedienne, Lilly Tomlin, once said “I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.”[1] I think most of us have felt…
January 8, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Today we celebrate Epiphany. The feast of the Epiphany is Janurary 6th, so we are celebrating it today. And it is this feast day that ends our Christmastide – our twelve days of Christmas. So, as I said at…
Christmas Eve, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I love Christmas, the sights, the carols, and all the festive joy. But most of all – the story – this story heard all around the world tonight – the story of our faith. My favorite moments are when…
December 11, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. We are now deep into Advent, especially now that we here at Christ Church have returned this year to the original longer season, so today is the 5th Sunday of Advent. And about now, as evident by the heightened…
December 4, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I love this time of year – Advent. I love it for the simplicity in a time of busyness; for the expectancy that it brings; for the joyful gatherings of friends and family…and I admit… for all the Christmas…
[Our guest preacher was Natalie Marionneaux, our seminarian from Drew University, who is currently discerning ordination to the diaconate in the United Methodist Church. Natalie is from Baton Rouge, LA] November 27, 2016: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. This is our first Sunday of Advent. What is Advent?…
