This week, millions of Americans across the length and breadth of this beautiful land, from shining sea to shining sea, if you may, will...

This is the Third Sunday after Pentecost. Readings for today: 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1,13-25 Luke 9:51-62...

This past Monday, the Spiritual Life Commission (SLC) gathered to consider the 2020 theme for our beloved parish. Each year, the SLC...

This is the Second Sunday after Pentecost. Readings for today: 1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 The...

A scar on any part of your body is always a reminder of a particular event in your life. Depending on how gory that event in your life...

What beautiful weather we had for the annual Springfield Hospital Picnic this past Saturday! Parishioners helped make the afternoon a...

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...

To all who worshiped at the church, he was simply Bruce. He was a very detailed, dedicated, committed and exceptional Head Verger. He was...

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...

Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, and for us at Christ Episcopal Church, it is an exceptionally marvelous day, and one worthy of...

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",...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

This is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. This is also Youth Sunday at Christ Church, when our wonderful youth lead the services, in roles...

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...

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...

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...