To watch the sermon click here. Good morning. Today, let me tell you what I know about love. When I was being interviewed for the position of Associate Rector, there was an interview panel of 5 people. We sat in the Fireside room. Each person had a list of questions that they asked me. We
Embraced by Love: The Intercession of the Holy Spirit
COVID and the Nunc Dimittis
“Lord you have now set your servant free to go in peace as you have promised. For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, whom you have prepared for all the world to see: a light to enlighten the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.” This is the Canticle said in the
Thoughts and Prayers and…
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved. Our thoughts and prayers are with the hungry. Our thoughts and prayers are with the homeless. “Thoughts and prayers”: a very common phrase these days. We hear about thoughts and prayers for Haiti; thoughts and prayers for Black Lives
Feast of the Virgin Mary
I’ve had Mary on my mind recently. I’ve been reading a book by Hans Urs von Balthazar titled Prayer. He was a Swiss theologian, who trained as a Jesuit priest, but left the order to be a more active in the world, and yet, also continuing to be a person who lived a life of
Parish Reading: Keller & Von Balthazar
Hope in the Time of Fear (Timothy Keller) I invite you to join me in reading this book over the summer. Timothy Keller is the Senior Pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. He comes out of the Reformed tradition and, as such, carries with him a theological perspective that is just
Luck in the Kingdom of God: Barsabbas and Matthias
So, there they are, Peter and 10 others sitting in Jerusalem waiting for the Holy Spirit to come upon them as Jesus had promised. A few days before they had witnessed the Ascension. There they stood on the top of the Mount of Olives as Jesus materialized into heaven; as his physical being became the
Fishing with Pelagius and Augustine for a Trinitarian God
Today I want to preach about the state of our nation, and while the January 20 inauguration was honorable and majestic, as it should be, I am still troubled by what happened at the US Capitol building on January 6. The memory of signs and symbols asserting that it was a Christian sanctioned movement: a
Binding and Loosing
August 23, 2029, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching
The Power of Prayer
August 9, 2020, The Rev. Ruth Anne Garcia preaching