Palm Sunday sermon, following the dramatic presentation of the Passion Story (Mark 14:1 – 15:47) by Jennifer Morehouse, Jane Wheeler and James Loye.

“Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God now and forever.  Amen. When was the last time you heard […]

What’s Good News about the Wilderness? I was an employee of the Sierra Club and a member of the Green Mountain Club, was a hiker and backpacker, for years before I became an Anglican, or had any notion of being a spiritual director.  So I had already seen my share of wilderness… in the White […]

All four Gospels tell the story of Jesus driving the moneychangers and animal vendors out of the temple. Matthew, Mark, and Luke place the event in the last days of Jesus’ life, presenting it as something of a culminating conflict with the religious establishment. In each of these tellings, Jesus quotes the prophet Jeremiah and […]

Hoping against hope – For he was about one hundred years old. In the name of ….. One hundred years old is quite some age for a career change, –  Watch out Catherine and Susan – it all started for Abraham when he reached 99 – you’ve got a little way to go yet, but […]

Blessed be God, three in one: Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. Amen. Probably like most of us, I’ve always felt a bit ambivalent about Lent. As a youngster, I would invariably get anxious about the things I was expected to give up by the good sisters in my grammar school: no candy or chocolate, and, by […]

Today is not only the feast of the Transfiguration. It is also Theological Education Sunday, the day set aside by our diocese every year to consider the importance of theological education. I, for one, welcome the opportunity. I am a big fan of theological education – both the rather informal kind of study we do […]

That evening, at sundown, they brought to Jesus all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons May I speak ………………… I remember once trying to lead Sunday night Compline from the […]

“Saul, Saul (…) It hurts you to kick against the goads.” I had to read that line several times, just to make sure it was saying what I thought it said. I asked myself: Why, in the middle of such a grandiose speech from on high, would God throw in such a colloquial, everyday expression, […]

“Woman, what does that have to do with you or with me?” Before I can talk about anything else, I have to address Jesus’ tone – a tone that if my son took with me or I took with my mother…well, it would result in more direct feedback than Jesus seemed to receive. Which is […]