April 28, 2024: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! Amen. While it happens more often than we realize, how strange it is to hear two places in one of our scripture readings that feature so heavily in our news cycle today: Jerusalem and Gaza. Stranger still is what takes place. In…
April 21, 2024: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! Amen. It is Good Shepherd Sunday, which always is the fourth Sunday of Easter. Of course, the obvious clues to this are Psalm 23 and the passage from the Gospel of John. Many, even those who have never been to church, know the…
Easter Sunday – March 31, 2024: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! Amen. Well, that’s a really strange ending to this gospel’s resurrection narrative! Is it any wonder why later scribes added a tweak or two to the ending? Just look at that last part, where it says that Mary Magdalene, Mary…
Good Friday-March 29, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Jesus says before he gives up his spirit “It is finished.” “It is finished.” God became incarnate, became human in Jesus through Mary his mother. Jesus breathed in the air with us, felt the warmth of human touch, tasted the…
Palm Sunday – March 24, 2024: “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” Amen. Just a reminder, as I say every year, this should be only Palm Sunday. The passion should not be read here – on Palm Sunday where it really doesn’t belong. Some say that we have always…
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…
