May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Gosh it is so good to be back here with all of you! While I really enjoyed my vacation, and needed it so very much, I missed you’all! I missed the choir too! And it is so awesome to be returning on Choir Appreciation…
August 18, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. One phrase we often hear, particularly in political punditry or business consulting, is that of “splitting the baby.” Have you’all heard that? Now, why on earth would anyone talk about doing such a gruesome thing? Well, glad you asked… because it…
August 11, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Somehow I wish we were hearing more about Jesus calming the storm rather than being bread, given the weather lately. Lordy. We offer our prayers to all those who have been affected by Hurricane Debby and all the other crazy storms…
August 4, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Anything happen lately? Anything? What a crazy month we had in July. Computer systems world wide took a hit when Crowdstrike made a big IT boo boo. As a former IT exec, I can tell you that was one very uncomfortable…
July 21, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” This is what we just heard Jesus say in our gospel reading from Mark. “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” Now,…
July 14, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I don’t know how many of you got a chance to watch the movie Barbie when it was out, or streamed it online, but if you did, then you know it wasn’t about a doll – not really. It was a…
July 7, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, it is really good to be back from General Convention and here in this pulpit again. I missed you’all! Gee – did I miss anything? Did anything happen these past few weeks– you know, in the country, in our church? …
June 16, 2024 – LGBTQ+ Sunday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. For the past three weeks, I have been trying to live into our State nickname – you know, The Garden State. As you know, I live up in Sussex County, where there are farms, cows, sheep, and horses. …
June 9, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I love our Mass on the Grass…With Brass! Of course this year, we are missing “the grass.” Still, we do this each year, not only because we can be surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation, but because when we move…
June 2, 2024: May God’s words be spoken. May God’s words be heard. Amen. Like many of you, I was glued to the television taking in the monumental news this week of a former President of the United States being convicted of 34 felony crimes by the people of the State of New York. Of…
