In more than thirty years Alan Neale has accompanied, supported and helped guide those in transition. Transition from single to couple, from closet to openly gay. The doors of transition have been marked age, employment, failing health and so much more. Alan’s work as Transition Coach is shaped by the beliefs that no-one is called to be alone in their journey, that strength is needed for the journey and that there is an “eloquence of the now” to which attention must be given. Everyone, every day is in transition; Alan is for you an experienced, sensitive, alert companion in the journey
Today’s Gospel is the phenomenal, breath-taking, theologically explosive reading of John 1:1-14. Oh sermons could be preached on this Gospel without end (of number, or of time). I preached on what I thought was prominent for the time though, in the preparation, I mused a lot on the absence/discouragement of poignancy in our lives… perhaps… Continue reading
The little homily (homilette?) below was part of a Eucharistic service prepared to give thanks for donors to various projects to enhance our church and also to give thanks for those who actually did the work with mind and hand. My colleague, Bishop James Jelinek, preached on what is to come; I was asked to… 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
Rev. Alan Neale is amazing. We did a lot of research before choosing an officiant and we did not like how “commercialized” many of them were as we were reading reviews, scoping their websites out, etc. Alan brings every aspect one could possibly want their ceremony to entail, to the table. Admittedly we only met… Continue reading
The passage from 2 Samuel 12 where Nathan confronts David is a powerful, challenging story. It deals with the uncovering of power abuse and truth denial. I heard yesterday that most of us struggle in some way from being abused… though the perpetrators come in different forms both outside and even within. We should covet… Continue reading
This past weekend I had the great joy of officiating at five weddings… beginning Friday evening, then to Saturday morning and evening and then Sunday afternoon and evening. Each was so different from the others but a common theme remains… the wonder of commitment and the embrace of vulnerability all in the name of love…. Continue reading
Underneath the sermon audio is the sermon text – there are several impromptu additions in the audio! Trinity Church, Newport RI; Sunday May 13th 2018 The Reverend Alan Neale; “The Lot Fell…” I find increasing joy preaching on verses that have intrigued, amused, engaged (even tickled) me over the decades. And so today, Acts 1:26… Continue reading
The mastery of fear, in all its disguises, is an ongoing task so that we might live freely. A constant return to the Lord is the path to freedom from fear… Remember: “God has not given us a spirit of/to fear; but one of power, love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7) The sermon text is… Continue reading