The Spiritual Life Commission at Christ Church has joyfully sponsored weekend retreats for the last decade, and this year we will do so...

In a couple of weeks, we will begin our program year. As many of you know, we have had some of our staff move on to different...

Zerubbabel, a civic leader in Jerusalem, was responsible for finishing the work of rebuilding the temple after the return from exile. He...

The Olympic Games in Tokyo have been fascinating to watch. But there’s this eerie feeling of watching the games in near-empty arenas and...

Over the past several months, we have been hosting at least one ministry at our Vestry meetings. These interactions between ministry...

A few months ago, I had to get myself a car because my car broke down on Route 29. After getting my car, I realized that there is both a...

Sermon for Pentecost VII July 11, 2021 The Reverend Emmanuel Ato Mercer The gospel begins with some confusion about the person of Jesus....

Dear Christ Church Family, I am writing with bittersweet news. In August I will begin work in a full-time position at a parish elsewhere...

A little over a week ago, our Vestry voted to formally establish an endowment for Christ Church. This, in my view, is one of the most...

Pentecost V Sermon The Reverend Emmanuel Ato Mercer Today’s gospel begins with a story of a helpless man whose daughter was seriously...

It wasn’t your usual classroom, but each kid in the class had his or her own chair. There were none left to spare. Of the...

Tomorrow is my birthday. This is my first birthday where I am so far away from my current home. But then also, I am home with family and...

One of the incredible rivalries between siblings that the Bible recounts is the one between Jacob and Esau: Two nations are in your womb,...

A 17-year phenomenon. This year is my first experience with cicadas. I don’t remember hearing about them seventeen years ago, when I was...

Graduation last year was a near-total disappointment and a painful experience for many families. We like to make each milestone a little...

They once lived at the shelter. They had nowhere to sleep and to live, and so the shelter became their sanctuary until they finally found...

“All those who were caught dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn’t hear the music,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche, a German...

Many years ago while I served at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, S.C., I signed up to serve as a volunteer fireman. I do not remember...

Last year by this time we had been asked to quarantine. I had just returned from a trip to Ghana with two of my children. Everything was...

Denzel Washington tells a story about being on the verge of flunking out of Fordham University. His GPA was 1.75. He remembers so vividly...