Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman5 days ago2 minThoughts about Re-opening the ChurchIt is strange not to have the space where we worship available to us. Week after week, year after year we found our lives centered on the...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanJul 22 minThe mystery we seek bespeaks a love which sees the infinite value of all peopleEverybody loves a mystery, ok, almost everybody! The basic idea is that there is a truth which is hidden and that the discerning eye is ...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanJun 252 minWe stand in a tradition that is designed to speak to todayWe should not underestimate the changes going on in our minds. These past few months the angel of death has cast a pall over our cities, ...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanJun 182 minReenvisioning Church: We Want to Hear from YouDear Friends: These past three months have been unprecedented in the life of the church. Thanks to the communication powers of the intern...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanJun 42 minLet justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24).This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, instructing them to baptize people and teac...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMay 282 minDuring this lockdown we are seeing both the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. During this lockdown we are seeing both the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. We are seeing people sacrificing self-interest a...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMay 212 minIt is given to us to engage the present with courageous love, deep insight and expansive justice.Ascension Day 2020 Jesus told his disciples “It is not for you to know the times or the periods.” But he goes on to say, “You will receiv...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMay 142 minThe Holy Spirit is that presence which allows us to stand up and make a differenceIn this week’s Gospel reading from John, Jesus promises his disciples that they will receive the Holy Spirit. But he doesn’t call it the ...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMay 72 minIs it possible for us to eschew the riches of this world for the joys of service and compassion?The Bible seems to revel in contradiction, the juxtaposition of opposites. Sometimes these opposites are to demonstrate the qualitative d...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanApr 242 min"Were not our hearts burning within us?"“Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” To meet someo...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanApr 162 minThe Peace of Christ asks that we reimagine the foundation and purpose of our existence.Dear Friends and Parishioners: In this Sunday’s Gospel from John, the disciples are found hiding, one might say they were in lockdown. Th...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanApr 92 minMaundy Thursday“Live every day as if it were your last and then some day, you’ll be right” so I first heard in the 1980 Australian war movie, Breaker Mo...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanApr 32 minCrises act as a kind of X-Ray for the soulCrises act as a kind of X-Ray for the soul. That is they cut through our protective coverings to reveal what’s on the inside. In a crisi...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMar 272 minWhen we take the path of the spirit seriously, we find that there is a foundation to life.Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; * let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. Psalm 13...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMar 192 minWe have been chosen... to participate in the larger divine/cosmic drama now and forever.Dear Friends and Parishioners: I know that all of us are trying to cope with the unprecedented threat and consequent restrictions of the ...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMar 142 minSunday Services CancelledDear Friends: Events around the COVID-19 pandemic continue to unfold rapidly. I have made the difficult decision to cancel all our in-per...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMar 132 minOur goal is to be a sign of God’s love and healing as we are called to adapt to new situationsDear Friends and Parishioners: We are living through extraordinary times that have cast a long and deep shadow over our lives. We are inu...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanMar 52 min“Welcome my beloved, you belong here and with you I am well pleased.”We pass the peace in Church. We pass the peace after hearing the Word of God as read in the scriptures. We pass the peace after we make t...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanFeb 282 minLent: to center ourselves on this unshakeable and eternal presence which is our birthright as humansIn the Gospel reading from Ash Wednesday, Jesus cautions his listeners against practicing their piety in order to receive positive attent...
Rev. Dr. Steven YagermanFeb 202 min"Certainly, our deepest hope is that we too might be transfigured." The Last Sunday After Epiphany On this last Sunday of Epiphany, we find ourselves up on the mountain in the clouds with Jesus. The text tells us that his face shown lik...