In the dining room of the house in which I grew up was a large framed picture of Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. Perhaps you had one in your home...

In the year 30 AD, a grand procession entered the city of Jerusalem to pay tribute to an important Roman leader. Drums and trumpets and a thousand soldiers p...

It was a dire situation. Their brother Lazarus was dead. He was a not an old man and, even though the expected lifespan was considerably less than it is toda...

“Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” That’s the sticky question that comes from a long-held but erroneous assumption that misfortun...

Shame, shame, shame on you If you can’t dance too. Can’t stop me now hear what I say my feet wanna move so get out my way I’m gonna dance, dance, dance Till ...

In his brilliant novel, A Mass from the Dead, William Gibson tells the story of what happened just after the death of his mother: “ I was in my mother’s home...

Some years ago, I spotted a bumper sticker that read “Eve was framed!” Funny, but it makes a good point. Poor Eve has gotten a bad rap throughout the ages. W...

“For he himself knows whereof we are made; he remembers that we are but dust.” Let’s face it. Ash Wednesday is pretty low on the popularity scale. We may nee...

I don’t have many phobias but one I will share is my fear of driving over bridges—not the kind that connects Stratford and Devon. I’m fine with that kind of ...

Friday was Valentine’s Day. It is a big day for the economy in the U.S. According to Hallmark, more than 163 million cards are sent on this holiday. Florists...

The monsignor was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen t...

I’m guessing folks have been wondering what Punxsutawney Phil would tell us this morning about the onset of spring. According to folklore, if it is cloudy wh...

Mother Teresa once visited a poor man in the slums of India whom nobody knew existed. The tiny room in which he was living was untidy and neglected. There w...

“They said to him, ‘Rabbi, where are you staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come and see.’” + In the Name of God the Loving Creator, the Light of the World, and the...

Twenty-seven years ago tomorrow, right here at St. Andrew’s, I was received as a priest in the Episcopal Church and forty-seven years ago on January 14, I wa...

The story we just heard, Matthew’s Gospel, is one of the most beloved stories in the Christian tradition; one that has been immortalized by authors, artists,...