On the eve of Heather’s sacred ordination to the priesthood, a few thoughts about discipleship arising from the Gospel of Mark seem...

In this week’s Gospel reading Jesus tells the crowds and his disciples, if anyone wanted to follow him, they needed to deny themselves...

“Put away falsehood and speak honestly to each other.” With this admonition, St. Paul begins a series of admonitions on how members of...

In the biblical history of Israel King David stands out as a central character who is chosen by God. A shepherd and musician, he rises...

This week’s Gospel reading from Mark tells us that Jesus told his disciples to come away to a deserted place and to rest for awhile. He...

This Sunday is the 4th of July, Independence Day, a day more associated with fireworks and picnics than church and prayers. And yet, are...

Codes of cleanliness. Early in the pandemic we became very serious about cleanliness. We were careful who and what we touched. We soaked...

In our reading from First Samuel, God tells Samuel to fill his horn with oil for he will anoint a new king of Israel from the children of...

Dear Friends and Parishioners, As more and more of our fellow citizens are vaccinated, there is a palpable sense of excitement here in...

What a change: from large crowds chasing him across and all around the Sea of Galilee to a final dinner with a handful of his soon to be...

Ignorance and minds opened to understanding, the two poles of consciousness described in our lessons for this Sunday. In ignorance we...

Dear Friends, This Sunday we celebrate Palm Sunday: The Sunday of the Passion. This service begins a Holy Week of observances that invite...

This weekend is a momentous weekend for All Saints, as our Pastoral Fellow, Heather Sisk is scheduled to be ordained as a Deacon in our...

A house divided cannot stand. Abraham Lincoln used these words in 1858 to address the increasingly problematic issue of slavery in the...

About 40 years ago when I was newly ordained, a disheveled young man arrived at my office door. He wanted to tell me his theology. He...

After the fall of the Jerusalem Temple in AD 70, Judaism had to reimagine and in a sense reinvent itself as its center had suddenly...

This Sunday the Church will observe the last Sunday of Epiphany. It has been a season of manifestations of Jesus’ power to heal and cast...

“In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.” Mark 1:35 Where do you...

He taught as one having authority. We certainly have a lot of ambivalence about authority. It has all too often been used to dominate...

Sometimes we need a new pair of glasses or at least it is helpful to lose the ones we have. Not because the old glasses aren’t working,...