God’s Glory Bigger Than Our Boxes

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from the One who is, who was, and who is to come. Amen. What must it have been like to be John, James, or Peter that day on that lonely mountain, witnessing that dazzling event? “They were terrified,” the Gospel tells us. What’s it like to have that kind [...]

NIGHTWATCH 2012

A group of us went to NIGHTWATCH at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. The Cathedral is on the upper west side of Manhattan in New York City. A highlight of the experience was sharing Eucharist at midnight in the chancel. Christina did a great job of reading the epistle for the Eucharist [...]

Sermon for February 12, 2012

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Liturgical Year B,  February 12, 2012 This morning we have received some amazing Biblical stories of healing. The account from 2 Kings about Naaman’s healing is such a rich story full of the complexities of human relationships and the role of pride and humility in healing and transformation. Then there [...]

Administration

For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in [...]

February Weathervane 2012

February Weathervane 2012

Service: Punishment or Privilege?

Grace to you, and peace, from God our creator and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Last week I was running an errand, and I passed an old white bus with a group of glum-faced men in orange jump suits in it. A sign on the bus said “trial court community service program.” I wonder what [...]

Experimental Theology by Richard Beck

A stunning set of online work:  http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/

Sermon for January 29, 2012

Feast of the conversion of St. Paul – Annual Meeting , January 29, 2012             Before I get into the meat of this sermon, I need to offer this definition – the definition of the word Midrash – some of you may know it all ready: Midrash – Stories elaborating on incidents [...]

Now, and here: the realm of God

Grace to you, and peace, from God our creator and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Mark wrote the present-tense gospel – a gospel of suddenness, urgency, action. Now: the heavens tear open and the Spirit descends on Jesus. Now. The Spirit drives him into the wilderness for forty days. Now. Jesus preaches the good news [...]

Sermon for January 15, 2012

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B , January 15, 2012        Do you have any full circle stories from your life?  One of my full circle stories is that the parish in Connecticut where I did my internship while in seminary in the 1990’s was a parish that  had been planted by a neighboring parish [...]

Next Page »