Rend your heart, not your garments This year we changed Ash Wednesday liturgy a bit. Instead of imposing the Ashes on the forehead at the end of the service, I made the sign of the cross
There are two distinct stories in our Gospel reading today, but I want to suggest to you they perhaps are not so distinct. I think the Gospel writer, Luke, was making a point by putting these
What is Ash Wednseday, really? Some traditions in the Christian Church are known throughout the world, but are often misunderstood. They seem mysterious and strange to those not steeped in the tradition. Lent and Ash Wednesday
When it comes to how to live, love, and operate as a church, the Church in Corinth is not the model. Not by a long shot. In 1 and 2 Corinthians we learn more from the
The Parable of Workers in the Vineyard Last Sunday we did the rare move of canceling church because of a Winter Weather Warning. The safety of our congregation is very important to us, so the leadership
We are going to take a look, not only at the Epistle reading today, but we are going to back up and see the context in which our Epistle emerges. In Col. 3 there are
Experiencing God in New Ways Together- Two Opportunities in Lent I want to share with you two opportunities during the Lenten season that I hope will begin to prepare our hearts for Easter. The 40-days of
Today we are looking at the Gospel reading in Matthew, and specifically the first of the two miracles Jesus preforms. The Healing of the Leper. In this story there is a sentence full of richness and
The Spiritual Stream Over the last 4 weeks I have introduced, or maybe reintroduced, the 3-streams of the Anglican Tradition in these weekly emails. They are: The Sacramental, The Scriptural, and The Spiritual. The metaphor of
Transcript of Epiphany 3 Sermon (Due to construction in the sanctuary we were not able to provide a video this week) In our epistle today, Paul is not in love with moral actions as He is
3 Streams: The Scriptural One of the heroes of the faith in the 20th Century was known as Brother Andrew. As a missionary from the Netherlands, he and the ministry he founded called Open Doors, made
John is the last of the prophets before the messiah, speaking of the messiah to come. The only one who meets the messiah face to face. He was a isolated and eccentric fellow, eating locust and