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A married couple in their early 70’s were celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in a quiet, romantic restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny...

In the Name of the God of abundance and generosity: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. “You’re asking way too much of me.” Have you...

The Old Testament and Gospel readings today are probably more than you bargained for. You might be thinking that it would have been a...

The musical Annie, set during the Great Depression and based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, was one of my favorite musicals as a...

Comedian George Burns once said that the secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as...

Deafness is certainly no joke but for many people it is a natural phenomenon which is, regrettably, part of the aging process. Nowadays,...

Religious Differences. That’s what is at the core of the heated discussion in this Gospel. The conflict revolves around an occasion when...

Make good choices. That’s the theme of the lessons we hear today. The Old Testament reading describes the covenant-renewal ceremony...

The rector was invited to attend a party in the home of one of her parishioners. Naturally, she was properly dressed and wore her priest...

I don’t remember a lot of clever lines from movies I’ve seen but I do have a few favorites like “Go sell crazy somewhere else. We’re all...

The 2004 French romantic film A Very Long Engagement follows twenty-year-old, polio-stricken Mathilde in her desperate search for her...

The Jerusalem Gazette splashed the headline and story all over the front page: Miracle Feeding by local Rabbi Astonishes Thousands....

A conversation that is happening among clergy these days is how will COVID19 affect our churches in the short and long term. Will a good...

Well, well, well. That was a cheerful Gospel story, wasn’t it? What on earth are we supposed to learn from a grisly account of John the...

“And they took offense at him.” In the movie Last Holiday, Queen Latifah plays the role of Georgia Byrd, a sales clerk at a New Orleans...

Two stories. Two unrelated people. Two different circumstances. Two surprising conclusions. That is the sandwich that Mark’s Gospel...

Storms teach us we are not always in control of life. It sounds like this may be another active hurricane season. When warnings of an...

The Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor tells her own version of this parable of the seeds. This is her interpretation: “At my house there is a...

In the opening verses of today’s reading, Jesus has returned home to Nazareth for a time of respite from the crowds that press upon him...

If we are going to talk about such a deep and complicated theological belief as the doctrine of the Trinity, I think we need to start out...