May 25, 2025: Alleluia! Christ is risen! Yes, we are still in Eastertide. And, it is also Memorial Day Weekend in our country. A time when we remember those who gave the last full measure for the freedoms we hold dear. And in today’s scriptures, we hear two passages that have a lot to say to us in this time and place, especially as we remember thos…

May 11, 2025: Alleluia! Christ is risen! Welcome to Good Shepherd Sunday, always the fourth Sunday of Easter, when we hear the gospel message of Jesus as our shepherd, whose voice we hear and whom we follow. It is also Mother’s Day in the secular world. I hope to get lots of licks and meows from my dog Lexi and my two cats Katie & Lauren when I get…

May 4, 2025: Alleluia! Christ is risen! Now, you’ll know I am a bit of a geek; and, as this is a special day for Star Wars fans, I suppose I should begin by saying: May the 4th be with you! You know, you can always tell when an Episcopalian is watching a Star Wars movie. It’s true. When a Jedi says “May the force be with you,” we automatically resp…

April 27, 2025: Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Happy Easter! Now, for all of you that thought Easter was last Sunday…today is Easter…too, or 2. Easter is not just a single day on the calendar. We are still celebrating Easter and we are in Eastertide until the day of Pentecost, this year falling on June 8th. And because we always read this text from Joh…

Easter Sunday – April 20, 2025: The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! And “Χριστός Ανέστη!” “Αληθώς Ανέστη” “Καλό Πάσχα!” “Christ is Risen!” “Truly [he is] risen!” “Happy Easter!” to all our Eastern Orthodox sisters and brothers in Christ, who today are also celebrating Easter Sunday. This doesn’t happen all the time, that we are celebra…

April 13, 2025 – Palm Sunday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Somehow, I feel like this Palm Sunday feels more real than ever before. But before we get to that, I need to remind everyone that it is in fact Palm Sunday. We shouldn’t be reading the passion gospel at all today, and well, we actually don’t here at Christ Chur…

March 23, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today The Episcopal Church does a thing. We usually go right along with the Revised Common Lectionary – the assigned readings for a Sunday followed by Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, and a whole lot of others, and also the Roman Catholic Church (on which it was based) …

February 23, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” Seriously Jesus? I mean, seriously? Have you SEEN what is going on here in the US? Sometimes I can imagine a conversation with Jesus going like this: Jesus and som…

February 2, 2025 – Candlemas: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Two turtledoves, and a ground hog who sees his shadow.” What, not right? Well, at any rate, Merry Christmas everyone! And you thought all that was over weeks ago when those crazy wild guys from the East showed up. Well, not so fast. If you have your tree still…

January 26, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Heard any good sermons this past week…or at least a snippet of one? I have no doubt that most, if not all, of you did. And today, we heard the beginning of another one, though we only got the opening sentence in what we just heard, when Jesus said, “Today this scripture ha…