Judge not?
A sermon for Monday, June 26th, at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Chautauqua Institution. Year A Proper 7 Monday Gospel: Matthew 7:1-5 There is but one judge whose acumen is trustworthy and true....
View ArticleTransfiguration and the transformative gospel
“For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty,” writes the letter attributed to...
View ArticleThe cornerstone of mercy
A sermon for October 8th, Year A Proper 22, Matthew 21:33-46, Exodus 20 The chief priests and the Pharisees realized that Jesus was telling parables about them. Notice that it’s parables – plural –...
View ArticleLucy and the Light of the World
A homily for Evensong at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio If there were no space between the stars, we would not know their light. They shine in our vision, twinkle on our retinas, because they are...
View ArticleAdvent IV: Impossible love
Either the angel knew more than they were telling, and were sparing Mary’s feelings for the moment, or perhaps Gabriel really only saw the glory of the coming Christ, the throne, the kingdom, the...
View ArticleChristmas Eve 2023
Christmas Eve children’s time Mary and Joseph had a long journey ahead of them, all the way from Nazareth in Galilee down though the wilderness road to Bethlehem. They were tired and they were hungry,...
View ArticleChristmas Day 2023
Yesterday, during a short break in a long day, I spent an hour at the art museum, and it crossed my mind yet once again how many ways we have of communicating with one another. The brush strokes of a...
View ArticleThe day after
A sermon for the First Sunday in Lent, 2024 Earlier this week, along with a few other Episcopalians and a bunch of other Ohioans, I attended a Gun Violence Prevention summit at the Ohio Statehouse in...
View ArticlePerpetua and her companions
A homily delivered at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland According to The Acts of the Christian Martyrs, the story is told by Perpetua herself that while she was imprisoned for her faith, her father came to...
View ArticleLest a seed fall
A sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent at Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio: John 12:20-33 What happens if you hold your breath? In order to breathe freely, in order to live, we have to let it go....
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