September 21, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This week, while noodling the texts for today in my head and preparing to write my sermon, I saw something on Facebook Marketplace that I had been looking for, and at a great price too. When I got to the woman’s…
September 14, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This has been a most difficult week, and not because there is no joy in Metville – as Mets fans watch our team self-destruct. If only that was the most difficult news this week. Sadly, it is not. Once again, violence…
September 7, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. It is so good to be back here with all of you. I loved being on vacation, but this is wonderful to return to. One part of my vacation had me in Maine for a day or two. I had the…
August 10, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. We are in vacation season – yea!!! And I will be heading out on mine tomorrow. I will miss you, but these seasons of rest and renewal are important for all of us to take, and I hope each of you…
July 27, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. One of the things I often say about some passages of scripture is that they are so familiar to us, we have lost all of its meaning. We have stopped really listening or reading it, but immediately jump to what we…
July 20, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Any Brady Bunch fans feel like saying “Martha, Martha, Martha?” Yeah…okay – that reference is really to Marsha, but still. Now, this gospel, for a lot of folks, has been on the top 10 list of annoying scripture readings – right…
July 6, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I don’t know about you, but I found it an odd juxtaposition we faced on Friday, July 4th. On the very day that we celebrate courage in the face of tyranny, the President signed an act of Congress so inhumane, harmful…
June 29, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made…
June 8, 2025 – The Feast of Pentecost: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Welcome to our Mass on the Grass…with Brass! What a joy it is to be out worshiping with all of you here in the midst of God’s beautiful creation. When we started this annual outdoor service…
June 1, 2025: “Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen Indeed. Alleluia! It’s the final Sunday of Easter today, so just because, let’s do that again – Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen Indeed. Alleluia! That never gets old to me, and hopefully not for you too. Next Sunday, during our “Mass…
