Sermon, 3/30/25: Where have you (mis-)laid your thinking cap?

Lent 4 Psalm 32; Joshua 5:9–12; II Corinthians 5:16–21 ; Luke 15:1–3, 11b–32 But then he came to his senses. Luke 15:17 Last week, while reading today’s lectionary, which we have just heard, an event from my early childhood crashed through my memory barrier with a laser-sharp force which surprised me beyond belief.  When many …

Sermon, 2/21/2025. Lent: Past, Present, and Future

(first published 2/21/2021) 1 Lent Psalm 25:1–9; Genesis 9:8–17; I Peter 3:18–22; Mark 1:9–15(for 1 Lent 2021; the reading for 2/21/25 can be found here.) God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.’ Genesis 9:17 How can it …

Service cancelled, 2/16/25

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, Once again, within a week’s time, I write to announce that tomorrow Sunday’s Eucharist has been cancelled due to the pending snowstorm, and the follow-up freezing rain and sleet.  The Annual Meeting, already previously postponed and now scheduled for tomorrow, has been again postponed.  It is now scheduled for …