24 Pentecost Psalm 123; Judges 4:1 – 7; I Thessalonians 5:1 – 11; Matthew 25:14 – 30 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. —I Thessalonians 5:11   Today, I give you a “pop quiz.”  Please use your #2 mental pencil. Question: Where might one find the …

Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. James, In my conversations—AKA social-distanced pastoral visits with some of you, required due to the pandemic—several of you raised the question: ‘Rev. Clarence, be honest and tell me about regathering; will we be back in church by Christmas?’  In response, I could only repeat what I have said before, …

23 Pentecost Ps. 78:1 – 7; Joshua 24:1 – 3A, 14 -25; I Thessalonians 4:13 – 18; Matthew 25:1 – 13 But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15b   This week I had a personal debate with myself, whether I should not declare the 23 Sunday after Pentecost …

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, My weekly report will of necessity be extremely brief.  I sit in a virtual Diocesan Convention as I write my update.  As your priest, I am obliged to attend and I do so willingly.  However, the genius of modern technology of the vendor for votes has assigned my …