5 Easter Psalm 22:24 – 30; Acts 8:26 – 40; I John 4:7 – 21; John 15:1 – 8 I am the vine; you are the branches. John 15:5 A spoiler alert to my reflections on this Fifth Sunday in Easter 2021:  When reading the gospel lesson for this Sunday, a fairly long string of …

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, In an earlier communication from our Bishops (Massachusetts and Western Massachusetts) regarding reopening after Covid-19, when it became clear that Easter, the Celebration of Feast of the Resurrection, could not be held as traditionally observed, the hope was that we could look forward to regathering after 19 April.  …

4 Easter Psalm 23 Acts 4:5 – 12 I John 3:16 – 24 John 10:11 – 18 But there are other sheep of mine, not belonging to this fold; I must lead them as well, and they too will listen to my voice. John 10:16On the corner of Brimmer St. and Beacon St. in Boston, …

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 …