Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Jan 8 2 min We can become a manifestation of light in this time of darkness This week the Church observed the Feast of the Epiphany. This is usually associated with the Wise Men or Magi from the East who follow a...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Jan 1 2 min The sacred hope of finding a new way of being human We can all agree, it’s a new year. We know this because the calendar tells us so. As we agree on this simple truth, by fiat, we make it ...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Dec 13, 2020 2 min God promised to establish a world based on compassion justice and mercy Comfort ye my people! You can hear the music from Handel’s Messiah mediate these words. We read these words in our reading from Isaiah 4...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Dec 13, 2020 1 min Suspension of In-Person Worship Dear Friends and Parishioners, Returning to live services this fall has been a wonderful sign of hope. These services have been substanti...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Nov 27, 2020 1 min Thanksgiving: the next step to be fully conscious, meaning making, active agents On a weekend of national celebration, the church begins a new liturgical year. As we are still in the midst of giving thanks for life, fa...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Nov 13, 2020 2 min In this current darkness, let us find the ancient faith that is the light of the world. As winter approaches, the night creeps in earlier and earlier. It seems an apt metaphor for the fear which seems to be gripping our coll...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Nov 6, 2020 2 min Peacemaking All of us have been on pins and needles as we have participated in the great American exercise in democracy. What has become clear is th...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Oct 30, 2020 3 min How do I become a saint? This Sunday the Church celebrates our patronal feast, All Saints Day. The Gospel reading this year, as every year comes from the part of ...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Oct 23, 2020 2 min Our task is to recognize and restore people to that sacred personhood that is their divine right. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. G...
Rev. Dr. Steven Yagerman Oct 19, 2020 2 min Everything must change and must change radically, i.e. from the root. So tell us teacher, is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar? This text has been used to justify nearly every political position over the pas...
