March 10, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Does anyone else think there must be some synchronicity here with the gospel account of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness being on the same Sunday we enter into Lent with a change to Daylight Savings Time –…

February 24, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. It is great to be back after a brief rest, but it would seem the news – inside and outside of the church – did not take a vacation.  If only, but I will get to all of that…

February 10, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. I grew up, like a lot of you, reading the Sunday comics.  I used to pull it right out of the big Sunday Paper, that I, by the way, had just delivered.  I was a reluctant Washington Post delivery…

May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Oh, how much do we love that psalm, right?  “In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed.  In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; incline your ear to me and save me.  Be my strong rock,…

January 27, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, when we stare into history of hate in one of its most brutal expressions and pledge to never forget what has happened.  And, this past Monday our nation paused to remember a man who…

January 13, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Well, by now, I am sure that you have your Christmas tree down, decorations put away, and said goodbye to your guests, and hello to your New Year’s resolutions to get those holiday pounds worked off by Valentine’s Day.  Good…

January 6, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Today is Epiphany, which ends our Christmastide – our twelve days of Christmas.  So, as I said in previous years, don’t let anyone give you a hard time about still having the tree up.  Besides, they can be thankful you…

December 30, 2018: [Our guest preacher was Mr. Christopher Dwyer. Christopher is a chorister, co-chair of our Outreach Group, and a seminarian.]  I speak to you in the name of the One, Holy, and Living God: Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. Amen. We are blessed in the Episcopal Church to get the Prologue to the Gospel of…

Christmas Eve 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. The other night I heard something being kicked around (or in this case, pawed) all over the downstairs by my cats.  At first I wasn’t all that concerned, figuring it was one of the many cat toys that I seem…

May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Remember last week I said that John the Baptizer would sound really cranky this week, like he hadn’t had his coffee and bagel yet?  Well, unless calling folks a “brood of vipers” is some ancient form of a Hallmark greeting card, you…