The Rev. Dr. Charlie Bell Happy Pride to you all! Well, whilst it was fantastic to see St Paul’s Cathedral front and centre of yesterday’s Pride March, I don’t think it’s unfair to suggest that St Paul is one of the more unlikely candidates for patron saint of Pride. Those of us committed to embracing … READ MORE…
The Very Rev. Dean Penny Bridges You may have noticed that we are reading passages from Genesis each Sunday this summer. We are following a semi-continuous sequence, starting with the call of Abraham, and outlining the foundational story of the Jewish people: Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Jacob’s twelve sons who founded the twelve tribes of … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Jr. We Christians often look to the story of Abraham’s binding of Isaac as a sort of foreshadowing of God’s willingness to send Jesus into this world for us, but there is an enormous and fundamental difference between these stories. While Jesus does get sacrificed Isaac does not. That’s why it … READ MORE…
5/28/2023Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Jr. Happy Pentecost, everyone! I’ve always liked Pentecost for its vibrant display of the diversity in the earliest moments of Christ’s church in both languages and gifts that we as disciples get to share out in the world in our daily lives. There’s a richness we get to revel in on … READ MORE…
Maya Little-SañaJune 30, 2023 What I love about the array of scripture offered to us on this Good Shepherd Sunday is that it offers a mosaic view of the life that Jesus calls us to live. They’re small images, little vignettes that, compiled, present a beautiful yet troubling image of what following Jesus looks like. … READ MORE…
April 23, 2023 The Third Sunday of EasterPenelope Bridges Alleluia, Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia. Today is a tangle of themes and emotions. It’s Easter season: we rejoice to know ourselves redeemed and forgiven. It’s Creation Care Sunday at St. Paul’s: we acknowledge our sinful abuse of the earth and its … READ MORE…
The Great Vigil of Easter, April 8, 2023Penelope Bridges Alleluia, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! Well, we made it. We’ve come to the end of our Lenten journey, walked through the darkness of Holy Week, and now we’ve emerged into the bright light of Easter. I hope that at some point … READ MORE…
Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023Penelope Bridges The year was 1980, I think. The planned installation of American nuclear weapons on British soil generated a national uproar. CND – the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – was riding the wave, and a protest march took place in London. I remember participating in that march, the biggest crowd … READ MORE…
Watch this sermon on our YouTube page (Click Here). Rev. Cn. Richard HogueMarch, 26, 2023 It’s hard to believe how quickly Lent seems to fly by, as we stare down the long march of Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday next week. In the bustle of it all, take the time and feel free … READ MORE…
Penelope M. Bridges,March 19 2023 Narrator The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John. People Glory to you, Lord Christ. Narrator As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, Disciples “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” … READ MORE…