June 26, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Last weekend I had the privilege to attend two services in the diocese – the first was the ordination of Young Yoon, our newest priest in the church, and a young man of deep and abiding faith, whom I…
June 19, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. My grandma, Ruth, who passed away in 2013, told me once about a day when she was just a little girl growing up in North Carolina. A very violent storm was blowing through, and her mother and her older…
The Vigil for Love Against Hate – June 16th, 2016: I want to thank Iman Haqq and Dr. Abreu for their words tonight, and also all those – clergy, singers, lay leaders – who have volunteered of their time to be here, to participate, to offer whatever they could, in response to the tragedy in…
June 12, 2016 – Mass on the Grass…with Brass!: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I love being out here in the middle of this beautiful park – surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation. I especially am so grateful to hold worship out here, not only because…
May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. So, today is Trinity Sunday. Now, folks like to answer, when asked about this doctrine – “It’s a mystery.” Others would respond the same way when asked why on earth there is a Trinity Sunday, given that it is the only Sunday…
May 15, 2016 – Pentecost: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Happy Pentecost! Today is one of the most important Sundays of the Church. In fact, Pentecost & Easter were central to Christian communities for centuries. But, it seems in modern times that Pentecost has been lost…
May 8, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Does anyone else think we should have heard about Noah and the ark today? I am thinking we might want to start building one. I want to wish all the women here a very Happy Mother’s Day. I say…
May 1, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. What a great Sunday we had last week – having the joy of being host to our bishop. And I think his visit was perfectly timed, because we are in Eastertide, and he talked a lot about all of…
April 17, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Welcome to Good Shepherd Sunday, always the fourth Sunday of Easter, when we hear the gospel message of Jesus as our shepherd, whose voice we hear and whom we follow. Following Jesus is our call, and it can take…
April 10, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There was something someone posted on Facebook a few weeks ago – a common post – that said, “If you think your religion is telling you to hate people, you are doing it wrong.” Isn’t that the truth. The…
