March 3, 2024: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O God, my strength and my redeemer. Amen. Well, here we are again, now in part 3 of this lectionary trilogy on covenant. Two weeks ago, it was God’s unconditional covenant with all creation following the…
February 11, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. This is a busy day in the Episcopal Church. It is World Mission Sunday, which is always on the last Sunday of Epiphany. It is a time when the church comes together to focus…
February 4, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. Hey – did you’all see that bright thing in the sky? NJ.Com, a local news source, posted on their Facebook page this important bulletin: “Strange glowing orb spotted over New Jersey Saturday. Remain calm.” …
January 28, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. So, today St. Paul is talking a LOT about food. Now, I generally like the guy, but when he says ““Food will not bring us close to God.” We are no worse off if…
January 21, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. Yesterday I was privileged to lead a retreat for the vestry of another parish in our diocese. It was a day filled with prayer, dreams, and a yearning to know where God was leading…
January 14, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Amen. Today we celebrate the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. The lectionary appoints this as being celebrated last Sunday, but as we transfer the Feast of the Epiphany to the first Sunday in January,…
Feast of the Epiphany (trans.) – January 7, 2024: Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 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…
Christmas Eve 2023: Sing a new song to God, who has done marvelous things. Amen. It is often said that Christmas is for children. Soooooo, what are all you adults doing here? Well, maybe because it isn’t just for children. Perhaps Christmas seems to be for children because they see the world and this night…
December 10, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. We just heard the opening verses from the Gospel of Mark, starring that locust and honey eating prophet of fame – John the baptizer, telling us to prepare the way for the one who is to come. To understand the entire…
November 26, 2023: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, welcome to the post-stuffing-our-face-not-gonna-get-on-a-scale-for-weeks season. I pray you all enjoyed Thanksgiving, and no, we didn’t turn off the heat so you could burn more calories sitting in the pews – but hey, that is the bright side I suppose of…
