Springfield Hospital's Sunny Saturday
What beautiful weather we had for the annual Springfield Hospital Picnic this past Saturday! Parishioners helped make the afternoon a...
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Collect, Readings and Sermon for June 16, 2019
This is the First Sunday after Pentecost, also knows as Trinity Sunday. Readings for today: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5...
Bruce
To all who worshiped at the church, he was simply Bruce. He was a very detailed, dedicated, committed and exceptional Head Verger. He was...
Collect, Readings and Sermon for June 9, 2019
This is the Day of Pentecost. Readings for today: Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, (25-27) The Collect of the...
Day of Pentecost at Christ Church
Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, and for us at Christ Episcopal Church, it is an exceptionally marvelous day, and one worthy of...
The Complexification of Christ
Pentecost is upon us, and after last Sunday’s sermon, I’d like to reflect a little more on the idea of the "Complexification of Christ",...
Boundless Openness
I am always amazed at the openness of the seas. As I flew to Ghana two weeks ago, I peered through the window and looking out, saw the...
Collect, Readings & Sermon for June 2, 2019
This is the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Readings for today: Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21 John 17:20-26 The...
Israel
Each one of us is Israel, because we all struggle with God. All struggle with the idea of God. All struggle with the power that is God....
Collect, Readings & Sermon for May 26, 2019
Today is the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Readings for today: Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 The Collect of the...
Wise Words From Kentucky
Like many, I have to face the battle that rages within me - a battle that can generate significant chaos. No one sees it or feels it but...
Collect, Readings & Sermon for May 19, 2019
This is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. This is also Youth Sunday at Christ Church, when our wonderful youth lead the services, in roles...
Karma or Grace
You may have heard it said before. You may have said it yourself, albeit in an innocuous way. And when you did, you couldn’t have been...
Collect and Readings for May 12, 2019
This is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Readings for today: Acts 9:36-43 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Psalm 23 The Collect of the Day: O...
Sweet Mother
A few weeks ago, I joined three friends I grew up with in Ghana to celebrate their mother’s eighty years birthday. It was such a lovely...
Collect, Readings & Sermon for May 5, 2019
Today is the Third Sunday of Easter. Readings for today: Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) Psalm 30 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 The Collect of the...
Your Inner Athlete
Running, I understand, is the world’s most accessible and practiced sport. It is so because you don’t need much to run, and in many areas...
Collect, Readings & Sermon for April 28, 2019
Today is the Second Sunday of Easter. Readings for today: Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 150 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 The Collect of the Day:...
Eleven Years Old
Among the victims was an eleven-year-old boy who was looking forward to new life as a student of Sidwell Friends, and to live in the...
Collect, Readings & Sermon for April 21, 2019
Today is Easter Sunday. Readings for today: Isaiah 65:17-25 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 John 20:1-18 The Collect of the...
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