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It’s just not fair! We’ve all uttered these words—if not out loud at least to ourselves. Doesn’t the story Jesus told about the vineyard...

She had forgotten a few things she needed at the grocery store, hastily got in her car, and went back to purchase them. As she picked up...

“Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Think about that. That’s powerful. If we take him at his word, if we...

The very first prayer we offered this morning—we call it the cóllect— includes a catch phrase that always gets my attention: true...

Three clergy—a Lutheran, a Catholic, and an Episcopalian ended up at the same time at the Gates of heaven. It turns out that Jesus was...

Thunder. Lightening. Gale force winds. Humongous waves. Torrential rains. Tornadoes. The recipe for a really huge storm. We’ve just...

“They need not go away. You give them something to eat.” + In the name of God of the feast of life. Amen. When I was serving a church in...

An elderly gentleman had a problem hearing for a number of years. Finally, he went to the doctor who was able to fit him with...

The Pope arrives in heaven after his death. St. Peter says, "Frankly, you're very lucky to be here." The Pope says, "Why? What did I do...

For the next three Sundays, the Gospel passages are a series of parables or short stories with metaphors and analogies concerning the...

“What’s wrong with this generation?” I’ll bet that all of us here have either asked that rhetorical question—or have been the brunt of...

We might want to take a long deep breath—maybe even a gasp—after hearing the Genesis lesson today. What impression of God and religion do...

Episcopal priest and author, Barbara Crafton, has written about how people are prone to “rank” each other. “People from one part of the...

I have been blessed to witness it about three hundred times in my priestly ministry. After I have made the sign of the cross on their...

Trinity Sunday. That’s today’s headliner. Who made it so for us Anglicans? Thomas Becket was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on the...

God’s love for us is as warm as a flame, reaching into every cold place and breathing new life as the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer....

Do anyone of us not know what it’s like to experience an 'in between time' in our life? That uncomfortable stage when we know things are...

I’ve always enjoyed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery story characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Many actors have played these roles...

Chaim Potok was a deeply religious rabbi and prolific author of novels. He once gave a lecture at Johns Hopkins University on vocational...

In the Gospel today, Jesus refers to himself as 'the gate,' which is one of a number of translations of the Greek word θυρα (thura) in...