November 22, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. This Sunday we enter into a week of thanksgiving to God for all of life. We gather with family and friends, and laugh, cry, and re-arrange the dishwasher the “right way,” after someone else has loaded it. And today,…
November 15, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Well, here we are again…dwelling in the aftermath of violence – of a world in chaos and crisis. The news from Paris on Friday evening stopped us all in our tracks. We are changed, or we should be, whenever…
November 8, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Not for nothing, but I love that part of the Psalm this morning. You know, the part where the Psalmist proclaims “It is in vain that you rise so early and go to bed so late; vain, too, to…
All Saints – November 1, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I love Halloween. On Friday at our Nursery School, we had our annual Halloween Parade and Show, and the kids were awesome – there were skeletons, cowboys, superheros, turtles, alligators, a dinosaur or two, and loads…
October 25, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. This has been quite the week at Christ Church. We have celebrated the lives of two very different people, but tied together in a common bond of connection to this parish. The Friday funeral was for Richard Millar, a…
October 18, 2015:May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. “What is it you want me to do for you?” That’s the question Jesus asks our good ole boys James & John. “What is it you want me to do for you?” I wonder if there wasn’t a bit…
October 11, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. This is a joyous day, because we will celebrate the first of several baptisms in the coming weeks. Today, Leighton Eila Willoughby will be baptized into the household of God. Of course, we hope that isn’t as stressful an…
October 4, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I’m back in the pulpit again… And, once again, we are faced with so much tragedy in the news. There has been yet another mass shooting. Our prayers are with the victims families, and the family of the shooter.…
September 6, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. I hope you are enjoying this beautiful Labor Day weekend – a time for days at the beach, bbqs with friends, or getting around to those last of the summer plans. This unofficial end of the summer brings some…
August 30, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. One of the things I often hear about religion is that the church is full of hypocrites. “In fact, according to UnChristian, a book based on surveys done by the Barna Research Group, among people with no religious affiliation…
