It was as if today, Epiphany Sunday, saw the most perfect confluence of themes and opportunities to talk and think about Worship, considered by some to be the greatest lack and the greatest need of the Christian and the Church. The 8am service, the Adult Study (Worship #1) and the “All Age Gather Together” gave… Continue reading
Maybe it’s the time of the year, maybe it’s the roiling of political waves, maybe it’s having endured over ten days of weakness but today’s sermon is definitely different style with different emphasis and yet… it focus is on two very powerful women (Mary and Elizabeth). The sermon text is below the sermon audio. Sermon… Continue reading
It’s often said that the Church of God is called to an Eucharistic/Thanksgiving Community; but also it is called to be an Advent Community carrying a strong and resilient hope into the world. The sermon text is below the sermon audio. I cannot help but note that President Bush (#41) speaks of accepting Jesus as… Continue reading
So very proud to read this note from a groom’s mother… proud of the historic Trinity Church, proud as always of my wife Wendy and proud of my part in such a significant stage of people’s lives! November 17 2018 Dear Alan and Wendy, Many thanks to you both for creating a meaningful wedding ceremony… Continue reading
It was a roller-coaster of emotions to read through these 100 examples (quotations); e.g. “It would be nice to live according to my being rather than my bleakness”. Overall… relationships (with other people, with a divine being, with a pet) are stressed often – not quantity, but quality! Pew Study: Meaning of Life
Oh such a privilege and joy to marry Katie and Todd… it was a bright though cold November day, crisp and clean speaking of all things new and wonderful. Trinity Church as always… at its best for weddings. And Katie and Todd asked that the Cana Wedding story be read at their wedding… it’s a… Continue reading
It wasn’t until I heard (again) the I Samuel reading at 10am this morning that I realized that this sermon about “building confidence” was powerfully portrayed in Hannah who truly “finds her voice” – I Samuel 1. Hannah finds a voice as she firmly tells the old priest Eli that he is wrong in his… Continue reading
This sermon was preached at the early service (with too many digressions, sorry!); the later service was an “all-age affair” and so the talk was more participatory with visual aids. One visual aid involved asking children to come look into a case where I had a picture of a special saint… they opened the case,… Continue reading
So… it seems I was so excited to get to the theme of the sermon that I felt entitled to miss the reading of the Gospel! Suddenly it occurred to me that something was missing and so, until I learn how to edit the recording, for this post you hear Gospel and sermon. There was… Continue reading