Text: Luke 8:4-18 Today is Sexagesima, which means we are beginning the second week of our two-and-a-half-week season of “Pre-Lent.” We’re just shy of the halfway point, when we have been given a chance to prepare our hearts for our great Penitential Season. I’m very proud of my daughters who asked me to help them…
Christmas is indeed my favorite time of the year. I daresay the same is true for many of us here tonight. But as much as I love the lights, presents, food, music, movies, and family fun, most of all I truly love thinking about the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus. That the God of the…
Text: Luke 1:68-end: Benedictus Once again, we find ourselves at the beginning of a new Church Year, at the beginning of another Advent Season. I truly love this time of year. It always feels to me like something changes in the air, on our TVs and radios, in people’s demeanor, in the very environment itself…
I trust that everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving Day with a happy feast and lots of leftovers! As I mentioned Wednesday night, I love that our parish custom has been to begin our Thanksgiving celebrations with the Eucharist, the Great Thanksgiving, on Wednesday night. Because it always falls at the end of November, Thanksgiving Day…
Text: 1 Timothy 6:6-16 (p934 in the pew bibles) Good evening and happy Thanksgiving! Of all our civil holidays, Thanksgiving Day is probably my favorite. I love the crisp autumn air, the wonderful food, the visits from family and friends, and our little Parish tradition of celebrating the Eucharist, the Great Thanksgiving, on the night…
Text: Ephesians 3:13-end Shortly after I became Rector here at All Saints, the bishop strongly advised me to spend either Epiphanytide or Trinitytide preaching through the entire Epistle to the Ephesians. When he was a new rector, he found this to be a very valuable exercise, and he has often advised new rectors to do…