Download 4 November Readings Take a look around you. The cornerstone of this building was laid 120 years ago on All Saints day, 1898. In 1898, the dominant story in the news was the Spanish-American War. Stoked by Yellow Journalism, and imperialistic ambitions the war raged most of the
SUDDENLY I SEE
Download October 28 Readings What do you want me to do for you? That’s a loaded question, isn’t it? A couple of months ago, we crossed a threshold. We started a journey towards Jerusalem—which doesn’t exactly refer to a place on the map. In one sense it does, but in a deeper sense…it means
TO SERVE AND TO BE SERVED
10/21/18 Homily by Sarah Brock, postulant for Holy Orders To Serve and to be Served “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” I can picture Jesus bracing himself at these words, preparing to hear what will come next. With a set-up like this, it’s hard to imagine anything good
LONG & WINDING ROAD
Download October 14 Readings Melinda Mae Have you heard of tiny Melinda Mae, Who ate a monstrous whale? She thought she could, She said she would, So she started in right at the tail. And everyone said, "You're much too small," But that didn't bother Melinda at all. She took little
ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
Download October 7 Readings Sometimes, scripture itself is the stumbling block. I know this Gospel trips people up, because it trips me up. Every. Time. Because we all know several people—who have been divorced…Many of us have lived through the pain and shame of having a marriage—which we
LIVING STONES
Download SEPTEMBER 30 Readings The road to hell is paved with…good intentions. We’ve all heard that, right? Do you know where it comes from? (It’s OK no one else does either) It’s often attributed to Samuel Johnson, whom Boswell quoted as saying, “Sir, hell is paved with good intentions.”
NOTHING COMPARES…
Download September 23 Sermon Let’s talk about this reading from Proverbs. The book of Proverbs is an anthology of anthologies: there are poems, aphorisms, and wise sayings taken from real life (well…real life of the ancient world). It’s descriptive and in places provocative…it’s meant to be a
BEING WRONG
Download September 16 Sermon In the very first season of The West Wing, as Jed Bartlett is still figuring out how to be president, he and his wife Abbey have their first White House fight. The fight has to do with naming a new Fed chair, and it turns out that, years ago Abbey dated the guy