Homily

What better time than Lent to hear again God’s Ten Commandments to us?  They should sound familiar to you, I hope, but how often do we think about them?  I…

Knowledge is a funny thing.  We spend a great deal of our time trying to acquire it, so that we can cope with the world and make a life for…

“Hallelujah!  I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation.” So beings Psalm 111, our lesson for today.  I…

We have today’s gospel from Mark, the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River.  John had been preaching a baptism of repentance from sin.  He was an outsider, as the…

I want to start by saying that I am an enormous fan of Christmas music.  Sacred or secular, I love it all.  But they started playing Christmas music this year…

A wedding.  Everyone has their own interpretation of what a wedding is, or at least what it should be.  Your own, your friends, your children’s and perhaps even your parents. …

Last week’s gospel was an interesting one and it brought up a number of good questions.  Many of you had good points in Father Nicholas’s interactive sermon.  The best reaction…

Oh, those darn Israelites!  They are at it again.  We have seen time after time that they turn away from God, seemingly at the drop of a hat.  The God…

Matthew 20 Four million dollars.  That is my number.  I have given this a great deal of thought and I think that is the right number.  You see, I am…

Epiphany Episcopal Church 15th Sunday after Pentecost   Opening:   Let the words of my mouth…   And the meditations of my heart…   Be always acceptable in thy sight……