Compass 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...
To Tell the Truth Sermon for Pentecost VII July 11, 2021 The Reverend Emmanuel Ato Mercer The gospel begins with some confusion about the person of Jesus....
Goodbye 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...
Christ Church Endowment 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...
Dare to Live in the Power of the Cross. Pentecost V Sermon The Reverend Emmanuel Ato Mercer Today’s gospel begins with a story of a helpless man whose daughter was seriously...
A Seat on My Chair 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 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...
Twins One of the incredible rivalries between siblings that the Bible recounts is the one between Jacob and Esau: Two nations are in your womb,...
Cicadas 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...
Congratulations! Graduation last year was a near-total disappointment and a painful experience for many families. We like to make each milestone a little...
This Is The Real Juice 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...
Couldn't Hear The Music “All those who were caught dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn’t hear the music,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche, a German...
Fireman 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...
Sound Of Silence 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...
Talk To Me 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...
Weave A story has been told of a man who watched how a spider built its web. With deep and focused observation, this man was able to replicate...
Tomorrow Is Pregnant The beauty of pregnancy is not only about the miracle of a baby but the exultant hope of seeing a part of your hand in creation. Vince...
What Happened? I am still recovering from the dismay over the abysmal performance of the Kansas City Chiefs at the Super Bowl. You can call it a...
Mickey Mantle Amid the scourge of a rampaging pandemic, we launched the holy season of Lent yesterday. Ash Wednesday begins for us our Lenten journey...
Every Tuesday When Russell Wilson arrived in Seattle for his first rookie minicamp, one of the first things he did was to call the Seattle Children’s’...
Potholes and Camels At Bible Study yesterday, an important question came up about our inability, as a society, to find common ground in solving problems. In...
Achimota In my native Ghana is the first co-ed secondary school which was established by the British colonial government in 1927. The school was...
Black Spot This past Wednesday morning was a little somber. As glorious as it was to see a new President and Vice-President sworn into office, it...
"We Shall Overcome" Below is the text from Father Manny's sermon for today, and we hope that you'll take the time to read this important message. You can...
