Father Nicholas Lang18 hours ago4 min3rd Sunday after PentacostSeveral years ago, I spent the first two weeks of my vacation in a house right on the water here in Milford. I love the looks of the...
Father Nicholas LangJun 214 minPentecost 2 – June 19, 2022Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the...
Father Nicholas LangMay 313 minAscension Sunday“Why do you stand looking up toward heaven?” What a weird question! As if what they had just observed was an everyday occurrence. Who...
Father Nicholas LangMay 244 minSixth Sunday of EasterFather Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man sitting at the bar, "Do you want to go to heaven?" The man said, "I...
Father Nicholas LangMay 174 minFifth Sunday of EasterWhat does love look like? Love has been described by poets and philosophers, by musicians and theologians. It has been articulated in...
Father Nicholas LangMay 103 minFourth Sunday of EasterIt’s no secret that I enjoy a really good mystery story—especially one that is set in the context of the church. Storylines like “who...
Father Nicholas LangMay 33 minThird Sunday of EasterThey have left Jerusalem. They have come home to the Sea of Tiberias, the place where it all began. The upper room, the cross, the empty...
Father Nicholas LangApr 295 minSecond Sunday of Easter - Jennifer HudsonThe 1992 Australian film Proof follows Martin, a blind photographer, who consistently doubts what others communicate about the world...
Father Nicholas LangApr 194 minEaster SundayMay the wonder of Christ’s rising be seen in every dawn, the love of God as wide as the skies, and the power of the Holy Spirit invite us...
Father Nicholas LangApr 194 minGood FridayPeople flock to Sedona, Arizona from all over the world to watch the sun rise, and set, and to see its reflection off the region's famed...
Father Nicholas LangApr 193 minMaundy ThursdayTonight we observe the anniversary of Jesus' last day in the life his friends had experienced with him for the three years of his...
Father Nicholas LangApr 123 minPalm SundayWelcome to one of the most challenging liturgical observances in the Christian Church. When this service was fashioned in the 1960’s and...
Father Nicholas LangApr 54 min5th Sunday in LentSometimes we must act in the moment, audaciously and fearlessly, or the opportunity may slip through our fingers. Often the choices and...
Father Nicholas LangMar 295 minFourth Sunday in LentMild mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can’t get much worse. His salary barely makes ends meet, a...
Father Nicholas LangMar 224 minThird Sunday in LentThe opening sentences of this Gospel should in no way surprise us. It seems quite timely to me given the horror of what we are watching...
Father Nicholas LangMar 154 minSecond Sunday in LentAn Episcopal priest and a Baptist pastor—both from the local churches—are standing by the side of a heavily traveled road pounding a sign...
Father Nicholas LangMar 84 minFirst Sunday in LentTemptation. It’s well-known part of living and there’s no way to escape it. Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde famously suggested...
Father Nicholas LangMar 34 minAsh WednesdayThe first reading today from the book of Joel with its language about darkness, gloom and clouds certainly seems right for the state of...
Father Nicholas LangMar 14 minLast Epiphany - The TransfigurationVery, very strange. How else could one describe it? The three witnesses of this event were so terrified that they kept silent and told no...
Father Nicholas LangFeb 204 minThe Seventh Sunday after EpiphanyLove your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who abuse you. To someone who tells us to “go...