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Michael Patrick O’Malley, Jr. opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. “How many...

All four of the Gospels include an account of a woman who anoints Jesus—each version somewhat different. Luke speaks of an unnamed woman...

Many years ago, my younger brother ran away from home one day. He was about 11 at the time. Our father died a month before. We had sold...

An Episcopal priest and a Baptist minister from the local churches are standing by the side of a heavily traveled road pounding a sign...

Choices. We all make them. Sometimes they are the result of temptation like in the case of four high school boys who couldn't resist...

Have you ever had a dream so vivid, so intense that you wondered if you had been dreaming at all? The colors, the people, the dialogue...

Preached by Jesus at the end of his famous Sermon on the Mount, this message is  disturbing yet totally relevant for the present-day...

https://on.soundcloud.com/fypBcLyZqUsBYtdi9 What would you do if you just got out of a volunteer shift at Beth-El Center and Jesus got...

A stalwart member of the congregation would greet the new rector after the Sunday service with the same few words: “Thank you, Father,...

This is one of my favorite passages in the New Testament and, no, it has nothing to do with great wine. Why I like it is because it shows...

One of the favorite images of Christmas is that of the Magi travelling by camel through a star lit night. One brilliant star dominates...

The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical narrative of infanticide  by Herod the Great , the Roman-appointed King. According to the...

I have long ago come to realize that Christmas Eve is not the occasion for the preacher to offer a sermon that is full of deep...

The Gospel of Luke, above all books of the New Testament, is about women. It reads as if a woman might have written it. It contains...

Rejoice! It’s a word that means to show great joy, delight, or happiness. One might wonder why Zephaniah, one of the gloomiest prophets...

Every year during this holiday season we will likely receive at least one letter, or Christmas card or online message from friends or...

In the Name of our God who is all kindness, Christ who reigns in justice, and the Holy Spirit who recreates our every moment.  Amen.  ...

When Karl Berry walked into an Orthodox Church for the first time in 1983, he was immediately struck by the icons of Black saints. He was...

Two psychiatrists were talking, and one asked the other, "What was your most difficult case?" His colleague answered, "Once I had a...

Wow! Another zinger today! There is a familiar song from the musical Mary Poppins that suggests that “a spoonful of sugar makes the...