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  • Alert Notice, 1/25/25

    Good People, Scammers are making the rounds of the Greater Boston area. A warning to all that someone may approach you claiming to be or to represent our rector or other representatives of St. James. (The email source of one such person begins with pastormaill173.) Please remember: Requests for financial support or contribution to organizations …

  • Sermon, 12/24/24: A Vital Statistic

    Christmas Eve Homily Psalm 96; Isaiah 9:2–7; Titus 2:11–14; Luke 2:1–14 (15–20) In those days a degree went out from Emperor August that all the world should be registered.  Luke 2:1 So here we are.  We have come, some as people of faith, some as seekers of faith, some as occasional doubters, and some perhaps …

  • Sermon, 12/8/24: Regulatory Road Signs

    2 Advent Canticle 4; Baruch 5:1–9; Philippians 1:3–11; Luke 3:1–6 For God has ordered that every high mountain and the everlasting hills be made low and the valleys filled up, to make level ground, so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God.  Baruch 5:7 Whether as driver or passenger, anyone who has …

  • Sermon, 12/1/24: Is Advent a noun or a verb?

    1 Advent Psalm 25:1–9; Jeremiah 33:14–16; 1Thessalonians 3:9–13; Luke 21:25–36 You will recall that I spent several weeks this past summer in Germany.  In preparation for that visit, I had billed that time as personal, no clerical or academic responsibilities.  Rather, the purpose of my visit was to relax and reminisce with old friends and …