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As we worship we seek to find, enable and sustain that same Holy and Life-Giving Spirit within us.
In the Church, we celebrate the same spirit Jesus manifested in his life and has manifested itself in countless and sundry ways...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Sep 25, 20202 min read
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Reopening In Person Worship
Our long lockdown is almost over! It has been a national and global nightmare that has affected every person and every institution in one...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Sep 17, 20203 min read
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Simply Powerful Theology
When I was first ordained, a young man came to my office and wanted to share his theology with me. He had obviously been living as...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Sep 10, 20202 min read
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Transformation occurs as we pour out our lives in love and concern for others.
The Transfiguration of Moses, Jesus and All Saints! At Evening Prayer last night, we read the lessons appropriate to the Feast of the...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Aug 15, 20202 min read
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In Genesis, I can hear a kind of art that pulls as profoundly on the heartstrings as any opera.
Dear Friends, For centuries, the arts were seen as expressions of religious devotion. From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, that...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Aug 15, 20202 min read
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Is there a better Way?
The Kingdom of Heaven. It’s so strange that Jesus speaks about it as being some hidden power or buried treasure that some people discover...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Jul 24, 20202 min read
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Thoughts about Re-opening the Church
It 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 Yagerman
Jul 10, 20202 min read
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The mystery we seek bespeaks a love which sees the infinite value of all people
Everybody 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 Yagerman
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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We stand in a tradition that is designed to speak to today
We 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 Yagerman
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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Reenvisioning Church: We Want to Hear from You
Dear Friends: These past three months have been unprecedented in the life of the church. Thanks to the communication powers of the...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Jun 18, 20202 min read
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Let 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Jun 4, 20202 min read
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During 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
May 28, 20202 min read
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It 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
May 21, 20202 min read
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The Holy Spirit is that presence which allows us to stand up and make a difference
In 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 Yagerman
May 14, 20202 min read
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Is 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
May 7, 20202 min read
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"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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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The 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....

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Apr 16, 20202 min read
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Maundy 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Apr 9, 20202 min read
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Crises act as a kind of X-Ray for the soul
Crises 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Apr 3, 20202 min read
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When 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...

Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman
Mar 27, 20202 min read
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