Easter Sunday, March 31 2024Penelope Bridges Alleluia, Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! Do you want to know a secret? When have you enjoyed the experience of holding a delicious secret: maybe the beginning of a pregnancy, or planning a surprise birthday party? You revel in the tension between the knowledge and … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Jr. Stories are so important. The story of Jesus’ Passion is the most important story in Christianity. In the wrong hands, a story can be a dangerous thing. The last time I had the privilege of being in this pulpit, I covered some of that dark history in brief terms. … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges Perhaps this week’s parish email should have started with a trigger warning: John 3:16 will be a feature of Sunday morning’s services. “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” It’s the most familiar, most quoted verse in … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Ah, the “cleansing of the Temple.” This is a text that I had loved and relied on for a long time. It makes a case for righteous indignance and gives those that wield it an angry Jesus to follow and chase out things that we think are contrary to the … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Jr. Welcome to the first Sunday in Lent! We kicked it all off on Ash Wednesday, of course, remembering that we are dust, and to dust we shall all return. We’re beyond that first stop of our Lenten journey, and while it is still quite early, our gospel for this morning … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges There are certain moments that divide a life into before and after. The birth of a child; baptism as an adult; a wedding day; the death of a spouse; a serious accident or diagnosis; a national catastrophe. We probably all know where we were on September 11 2001. The images of that day … READ MORE…
Rev. Dr. Carol WorthingThe 5th Sunday of Epiphany Epiphany Season 2024 ends next week, the 6th and final week of the season for this year, when we’ll celebrate The Transfiguration. We will have come in this short space of time, from the story of the Magi following the starshine to the stable stall – to … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges In this Epiphany season, Sunday after Sunday, we are learning about the many ways God calls people to discipleship: we’ve heard about the first disciples, the boy Samuel, the prophet Jonah, and today the call of a man called Saul to turn his life around and share the good news of Jesus Christ … READ MORE…
Rev. Cn. Richard Hogue Last Sunday, the Rev. Cn. Allisyn Thomas delivered a wonderful sermon. The key phrase was “when we meet Jesus, we all go home by a different way.” It was all about those touchstone moments when we feel the divine in our lives and we can’t help but be changed. Following … READ MORE…
Penelope Bridges Happy Epiphany! That greeting would probably sound nonsensical to anyone outside of the Christian tradition, and probably to many inside it too. So maybe a definition is in order. An epiphany is a revelation, literally the shining out of a light, a new thing revealed to an individual or to the world. THE … READ MORE…