Dear Members and Friends of St. James, What you next read comes as reminders as we enter into the most solemn period of our liturgical year. A message from our bishops, sent two weeks ago to clergy and lay leaders of the Diocese. “As we look towards Holy Week and Easter, we know that traversing …

4 Lent Psalm 107:1–3, 17–22   Numbers 21:4–9; Ephesians 2:1–10; John 3:14–21 For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world. John 3:17 Liturgically speaking, we arrive today at mid-Lent.  And our lectionary appointed for this Fourth Sunday in Lent anticipates clearly whither our focus should be, and where it shall be …

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, Lacking a tangible pulpit, I had to forego my annual reminder: Spring Forward.  This has been only many of the items that have given us tradition and stability in the past, but not so in 2020.  A bit of humor has been injected into our national and worldwide …

3 Lent Psalm 19; Exodus 20:1–17 ; I Corinthians 1:18–25; John 2:13–23 “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” (Exodus 20:2) Question: What do “the Ten Commandments” and the Constitution of the United States of America have in common? Answer: Both …