Today the sermon was preached without script; worship was held in the Parish Hall as the Church was 43degrees! In the fun intimacy of the temporary setting it just seemed right not to preach from a lectern… with script. So, no audio. A (!) text is below that sort of resembles what was preached. This… Continue reading
This sermon comes from reflection on the texts but also on a poem by Abp. Rowan Williams with which we concluded a four-part study. I felt convinced and convicted that I must allow “a loyal and divine opposition” to challenge me – my attitudes, decisions, lifestyle. Hegelian Dialectic might be old-fashioned but its process is… Continue reading
I cannot remember ever preaching on Jesus’s Parable of the Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins; what a good friend of mine yesterday described as, “Not one of Jesus’ better parables!”. Forty years of parish ministry and no sermon on this text. As with all parables it’s important to get the thrust of the message… Continue reading
Alan is a superb human being and any couple would be overjoyed to know that Alan makes a true investment in you as a couple as you enter into holy matrimony. My name is Kelly Lewis, and I lived in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia from 2003-2006. I lived just down the street from the Church of… Continue reading
In Jonah chapter 4, the prophet is asked the same question twice by the Lord, “Is it right for you to be angry?” It seems to me that a lot of personal grief and psychic damage would be avoided, a lot of physical destruction escaped, if we could ask this question of ourselves. Maybe, with… Continue reading
The article below (click link) by Eli Finkel raises the inevitable dilemma of whether/when/where/how much partners should aim to “fix” their partner. In the film “Juno”, there is a scene in which one character says to her beloved, “God loves you just the way you are; but He loves you so much He wants you… Continue reading
5.0/5.0 Quality of Service: 5.0 Responsiveness: 5.0 Professionalism: 5.0 Value: 5.0 Flexibility: 5.0 Todd said… Alan is one of the most wonderful human beings that we’ve ever come in touch with. His unique charisma kept us full of ideas and gave us ways to personalize our ceremony. It was a pleasure getting to know him… Continue reading
I truly hoped that I would settle on a “lighter” theme for this Labor Day weekend; but the “vengeance” theme remained firmly settled in my mind. Maybe, somehow, it is appropriate… we take this on as our “Christian Labor” for the months to come? The text is below the audio of the sermon… Sermon preached… Continue reading
The experience of “mixed feelings” is, I believe, intricately linked to the whole business of unrealistic or unconsidered expectations. But, frankly, though we “can’t live with them” neither can we “live without them” – at least, this side of eternity. So we urgently need someone to rescue us and provide a temporary pause, albeit… Continue reading
This article by the eloquent and engaging Bruce Feiler, published in the Wall Street Journal, is well worth a read (if not two). And what do these archetypal couple teach us – “Constancy… Counterbalance… and A Joint Narrative” Adam & Eve And Us Extracts from Mark Twain’s “Extracts from Adam’s Diary” and “Autobiography of Eve”…… Continue reading