Prince Rogers Nelson, the late singer-songwriter better known as "Prince," once said, "There is joy in repetition." I was brought to mind of Prince’s words in July when, while visiting…
Only in John's gospel do we hear the Apostle Philip speak any lines at all, and they are enough to get him a bit part in any play that would…
One of the differences between our two parishes, at least this summer, is the way we approach the lectionary. First of all, as a person who lives rather closer to…
Today’s reading from Mark reads like palace intrigue and conspiracy against John the Baptist. We first hear about John when Jesus goes to be baptized; he is clothed in animal…
Saint Paul was a man of tremendous ambition. We have a museum-quality idea of saints that preserves them for history in a sort of cotton wool halo of meek-and-mild perfection.…
The first of a summer preaching series on the distinctive marks of Christian communities. We have been doing this for so long, this gathering together of our two parishes for…
This was going to be a sermon about forgiveness, and specifically about a teaching of Jesus about how forgiveness works and what its limits might be. As I read through…
Not long ago I came across a post on Facebook—that endless source of provocation—from someone I think must be about my age, and who is a member of an Episcopal…
Last weekend the Vestry spent a day and a half on retreat up at the Barbara Harris Camp in New Hampshire. We were not the only folks there, by any…
[Editor's note: this is an edited transcript of a sermon preached extemporaneously.] Finally, it’s spring. The rain is falling and the little buds are beginning to form on the trees,…