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…
Watch this sermon on our YouTube channel (Click Here) March 5, 2023, the Second Sunday in LentPenelope Bridges The story that St. John relates about Nicodemus and Jesus is the first in a series of four stories from John’s Gospel that steadily build dramatic tension towards the Passion and death of Jesus. This year we … READ MORE…
Watch this sermon our YouTube channel (Click Here) Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.2/22/2023 Ashes are such a powerful symbol. They can represent destruction, loss, and grief. They can also represent great possibility, like volcanic ash that makes soil bountifully fertile. Ashes can be the result of a good time, like the smoldering embers of a … READ MORE…
Watch this sermon on our YouTube channel (Click Here) Rev. Richard Hogue Jr.2/26/2023 This is going to be very different from most of my sermons, I’m going to be deeply vulnerable, not to be flashy, or edgy, but because I hope it inspires each of us to risk reaching to a deeper place. For … READ MORE…