Christmas Homily 2018
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in a land of deep darkness, on them light has shined.” We are those people. Before…
Homily – 12/9/18
The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. So begins Godspell, the musical based upon the gospel of St Matthew. But it…
Homily – 10/28/18
Someone once said that your life is like a movie in which you are the star. Everyone that you encounter is a fellow actor. Some are co-stars, some are featured…
Bishop’s Homily – 10/21/18
Proper 24b.18 Epiphany A theophany is a revelation, an appearance of God. This is the story of two theophanies. The first is in Job, a harsh, strange story, that admittedly…
Homily – 10/14/18
I have three tasks in the sermon this morning. To unpack the lessons from scripture, to eulogize our brother Gary, and to kick off our season of stewardship. Let’s see…
Homily – 8/26/18
We were in New York last week and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among its’ world-class collection of statues, paintings and design is a large collection of armor from…
Homily – 8/5/18
Why do we always feel that we don’t have enough? Enough money, enough respect, enough time, enough love, enough of what our neighbors always seem to have? We all want…
Homily – 7/22/18
I am a white, middle class, male. As such, I have no real experience of being looked at as an outsider. But Paul’s passage from Ephesians today has me thinking…
Homily – 7/1/18
The epistle this morning is from Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth. Corinth was quite an interesting place. The southern portion of Greece is almost like an island,…
Homily – 5/27/18
One of the great gifts of being a priest is that people are much more willing to share their faith stories with me. I am blessed when people share their…