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  • An Open Letter from Rev. Clarence, 4/24/21

    Dear Members and Friends of St. James, Like many of you, I, too, relish those days which allow me to engage in more than superficial reflection.  Absent Zoom meetings—although troubled deeply by the continuing, if not acceleration of death(s) at the hands of our law enforcement officers—I was able this week to spend more time …

  • Sermon, 4/18/21: When Seeing Is Not Believing!

    3 Easter Psalm 4​Acts 3:12 – 19​I John 3:1 – 7​Luke 24:36b – 48 While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, Jesus said to them, ‘Have you anything to eat?’ Lk. 24:41 Aside from my early youthful years, when, on a Saturday with parental permission, I would accompany childhood friends to the …

  • An Open Letter from Rev. Clarence, 4/17/21

    Dear Members and Friends of St. James, Sighs of joy and relief probably escaped your lips, as you awakened to discover that the snow which had fallen has melted and the temperature is again upward bound. I share other news which, so hope I, will bring positive thoughts for your consideration. Your senior warden and …

  • Sermon for 4/11/21. Easter Is for Risk-Takers: Fear vs. Risk

    2 Easter   Psalm 133; Acts 4:32 – 35; I John 1: 1 – 2:2; John 20:19 – 31  Late that same day, the first day of the week, when the disciples were together behind locked doors for fear…John 20:19  In our joy to get to the good part of the Resurrection Story, namely of Mary Magdalene’s encounter …