Dear Present and Former Members of St. James, It is with a prayer of thanksgiving for the life of Arthur Ryce, who in his 95th year entered into Eternity on Sunday, 28 February 2021, that I send you this notice.  In his more active years, Arthur was involved with the scouting program, youth basketball, and …

2 Lent Psalm 22:22–30; Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16; Romans 4:13–25; Mark 8:31-38 The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.  Romans 4:13 Stewardship and Evangelism!  On this Second Sunday in Lent, our most solemn penitential season, it may strike …

1 Lent Psalm 25:1 – 9            Genesis 9:8 – 17         I Peter 3:18 – 22         Mark 1:9 – 15 God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.’ Genesis 9:17 How can it be, we ask, that we got …

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) …