This homily is given only once a year. The one Sunday a year when I am asked to speak about Giving. Giving of time, talent and treasure. Thank you for listening to this message. Thank you for being a part of our parish family. It’s been the blessing of a lifetime for me to serve…
The theme of God’s people struggling to survive in a sophisticated, alien culture appears all throughout the Bible, especially in the Old Testament. This theme is central to the Book of Esther, which supplies today’s first reading. Today is the only Sunday in our three-year cycle of readings when we hear from this book. That’s…
As you know, it’s unusual for me to focus more on one of the other Sunday readings, when ordinarily I focus on the Gospel. Today’s reading from the Book of James was just too intriguing for me to pass up. James refers to the blessings and curses which come from the use of our tongues…
Today is one of those rare occasions when I have not chosen the Gospel reading to preach on. Last Sunday we began a five-week series on the Bread of Life discourse from St. John’s Gospel, so we’ll come back to Eucharistic themes several more times throughout the month of August. Instead, please let me…
We’re working our way through the sixth chapter of Mark’s gospel this month, taking a deep look at what it means to live like Jesus. Living like Jesus is more than just doing what Jesus does, and saying what Jesus says. Living like Jesus means having the same purpose and identifying ourselves completely with Christ. …
You Can’t Go Home Again is a great American novel by Thomas Wolfe, published in 1940. The novel tells the story of George Webber, a novice author, who writes a book that turns out to be filled with references to his hometown of Libya Hill, which was actually Asheville, North Carolina. The book was an unqualified…
Our scripture today tells two very different, but intertwined stories: a parent desperately trying to save his daughter, and an unnamed woman desperately trying to save herself. First, we have Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, who comes to Jesus, literally begging for Jesus to help him. Jairus is a man of great privilege:…
Three weeks after the celebration of Pentecost, we continue to hear scriptural stories and references about the Holy Spirit. Today’s Gospel is no different. Following Jesus’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension into heaven, the apostles continue to grapple with what it means to accept God’s gift of the Holy Spirit into their lives. Others continue to…
Greetings everyone! Today we celebrate The Feast of Pentecost. Today is our Christian celebration of the birth of our church as recounted in the second chapter of the biblical book titled, The Acts of the Apostles. This book is also written by St. Luke and follows his gospel telling of the life of Christ. The story…
As most of you know, we have a lot of children in our parish and preschool. I love watching your children grow, and I marvel at the rapid changes in their lives, changes that daily take place. One of the things I find so fascinating is the independence that begins to develop at a very…
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