In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen. What do we really FEAR when we FEAR GOD?  A common theme in all of our readings this morning is FEAR. The fear of the Lord, or the idea that what keeps us in line as the people of God is a continuous sense of...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. I’d like to begin with a prayer: God above me, Father from whom my being descends, on whom my existence hangs, to whom I turn my face, to whom I stretch out my hands [in prayer]: God beside me,...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Recently, I’ve been reading a book called Seeds of Faith.  It’s by Mark McIntosh, an Episcopal priest and one of our greatest theologians.  He co-authored it with Frank Griswold, our former...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Jesus said, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”  Jesus is the healer of the nations–and the true desire of...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. I’d like to begin this morning by reconsidering something that I said on Ash Wednesday in light of the Good News of Easter—and, in particular, the Good News that the Holy City, the New...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. “How long will you keep us in suspense?” It is a good spiritual practice, I believe, to place the words of the different characters of Scripture in our own mouths from time to time. Maybe this...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Three years ago, we baptized Bill and Heather Bane’s grandson, Jase McGuire, into the Body of Christ, the Church.  It was the first baptism I performed here at Trinity.  And, on that occasion, I...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. If I were to ask the children to draw me a picture of something–anything, really–they would probably, most likely, do it, and they would do it enthusiastically. I could ask them to draw...

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Wherever Christians have gathered for the past 2,000 years, they have remembered this night, the night in which Jesus, as John says, came from God, and was going to God. In that simple phrase,...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Last week, I had to travel to Houston and back for a funeral, and so I had a lot of time alone in the car to listen to podcasts. I listened to one about a woman in Pacifica, California, who woke...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Earlier this week, I found myself speaking with someone about their father.  And I have known a lot of good and exceptionally generous fathers in my day.  But often, when someone comes to talk...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Earlier this week, I found myself speaking with someone about their father.  And I have known a lot of good and exceptionally generous fathers in my day.  But often, when someone comes to talk...

I had the chance last week to talk with the eleventh graders at TST a bit about the War in Ukraine, and specifically about how they’re feeling about it, whether they are anxious, nervous, confused, or even apathetic–all of which would be valid responses for 16 and 17...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Take up your cross, the Savior said, if you would my disciple be. Take up your cross, with willing heart, and humbly follow after me. These words come from a beloved hymn.  Today, we are singing...

There are many difficult things about growing up. There are many difficult things about parenting and teaching young people as well, and in my roles as both teacher and parent, I have found that one of the most difficult is helping young people to learn how to strike...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. “I appeal to you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”  Paul’s message of peace and reconciliation could not be more urgent today.  The time for peace is always now.  “See! (Paul writes,...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. If you read the Bible, then you know that many strange and wonderful things happen on mountains.  On one mountain, Moses received the Ten Commandments.  On another, Elijah heard the still, small...

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Our collect for this morning was originally written for Quinquagesima, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and thus the beginning of Lent. When Thomas Cranmer, who was the architect of the...