Add New Dear Members and Friends of St. James,  I send to you, as usual, my thoughts regarding the lectionary readings of the day, as well as concerns and ideas of our common life. Should you find time to glance at my homily [see separate posting], some of you may find yourselves (i.e., your ideas) …

Last Epiphany Psalm 50:1 – 6  ; II Kings 2:1 – 12; II Corinthians 4:3 – 6; Mark 9:2 – 9 He [Peter] did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Mark 9:6 During this seemingly never-ending period of “lockdown” due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I, like many of you, have had—enjoyed actually—long …

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, I post to you my thoughts regarding the lectionary of the day, the Last Sunday after Epiphany.  Also, because I anticipate the Annual Meeting, where we will have conversation regarding the State of the Parish, I do not herewith make additional observations.  I wish and pray for you …

5 Epiphany Psalm 147:1–12, 21; Isaiah 40:21–31; I Corinthians 9:16–23; Mark 1:29–39 “To the weak I became weak.  I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.”  I Cor. 9:22 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of …