Trinity Sunday Psalm 8; Proverbs 8:1–4, 22–31; Romans 5:1–5; John 16:12–15 On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads [Wisdom] takes her stand. –Prov. 8:2 As you may well expect, on your behalf as your priest and as well as on my own, I turn to accounts screened on videos using the new technology …

2 Easter                 Psalm 118:14–29; Acts 5:27–32; Rev. 1:4–8; John 20:19–31 Over 30 years ago, while visiting the Metropolitan Art Museum on NYC’s Upper East Side with my family, we chanced upon a scene being filmed on a street near the Museum.  A section on the east sidewalk of the street had been cordoned off in …

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 …

(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 …