Open Letter from Rev. Clarence, 10/24/21

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, I send you greetings as a beautiful fall day leans towards its close.  There is something comforting, at least for me, to be reminded that there remains a power over which we of humankind have no control, but that is shared by and with all.  That a seasonal …

Sermon, 10/17/21: A Case of Mistaken Identity

21 Pentecost Psalm 104:1–9, 25, 37b; Job 38.1–7, 34–41; Hebrews 5:1–10; Mk. 10:35–45 God answered [Moses], I am that I am.  Tell them that I AM has sent you to them. Exodus 3:14 In our desire—nay, I would go so far even to say, in our need to describe for ourselves and to others who …

Open Letter from Rev. Clarence, 10/17/21

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, It is indeed ‘a good and joyful thing,’ as we settle into a new routine, to be able to report to you that a new normalcy brings relief to our lives that have been battered and altered by the COVID pandemic.  And to that end, please know and …

Sermon, 10/10/21. Is it really true: “In God we trust”?*

20 Pentecost Psalm 22:1–15 ; Job 23:1–9, 16–17; Hebrews 4:12–16; Mark 10:17–31 Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.”  Mark 10:27 Good people, I am very much aware that, on this 20th Sunday after Pentecost, I stand not in a classroom …