After a weekend of family and friends, and now standing here among you, I would like say how grateful I am. I am grateful to those of my family who…
Carmen gave me one rule about preaching: Never mention her in a sermon. Since I’ve already violated that rule, I might as well continue. Carmen and I got engaged in…
Out of all the Sundays we gather together here in the year, this is almost my favorite. One of my top three. Easter Sunday, of course, and All Saints’ Sunday,…
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…
Most of you are too young to remember a show called The Green Hornet. I’m not talking about the movie that came out a few years ago, which was pretty…
Sometimes the lectionary offers a group of lessons for Sunday morning that seem to speak directly to the issues of our day. Sometimes they don’t, and when that happens, as…
For a comparison of the Isaiah 6 and Matthew 13 readings, check this link. Text: Matthew 13:15: “…this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and…
About ten years ago James Surowiecki published a book called The Wisdom of Crowds. The idea of the book was to make the case that under some circumstances large groups…
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:13a: “No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone.” How’s your lent going? Has it made any difference to you? Have you noticed any…
You probably know a lot more about honeybees than I do. We recently went to the Topsfield Fair, and they have a “bee house” where expert beekeepers show off hives…