Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Beautiful Boy, Darling Boy is a song written by John Lennon for his son Sean. The lyrics contain the famous Lennon quote, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” These words are frequently on my mind these days…
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
My favorite Broadway show is Les Miserables. I’ve seen it three times. And when I was budgeting myself to see Broadway when I lived nearby in Connecticut and New Jersey I knew that I was giving up something new for something I’d already seen…
Matthew 10:40-42
I’ve often mentioned that I’m a late bloomer, and I’ve often shared that I met my husband Craig at Penn State. We got married after my sophomore year and at the end of Craig’s senior year. It had been my great hope to finish college…
Matthew 10:24-39
In the last newsletter article I had written an article about some books that I read over the last month or two and just wanted to share those with you as I was setting the theme of summer reading and three books I had read. I wanted to share some thoughts on that in connection to today’s gospel…
Matthew 28:16-20
I came here from New Jersey about six months ago and I noticed that things are different in New Jersey than they are in North Carolina. In my first church I finished the service and I walked to the narthex to greet people and a couple of folks were over in the corner kind of whispering to each other…
John 20:19-23
Happy Pentecost Sunday. Some of you wore red; I wore yellow – the only clean shirt I could find, but I get to wear this red so that’s my color today. But today is Pentecost Sunday and it’s really a day that we celebrate what’s traditionally called the birth of the church…
Acts 1:6-14
From the first lesson read a few moments ago from the Acts of the Apostles, the setting of this is the crucifixion. Jesus has died, raised from the dead, the resurrection has happened, and he has been teaching his followers, and he is about to ascend; to return to the fullness of God…
Acts 17:22-31, John 14:15-21
During these last six months or so here at St. Paul’s we have been trying to respond to and reflect upon the invitation that Bishop Curry gave at the Diocesan convention back in November. That invitation, that challenge to the diocese was to “Go Deep, Go Speak, Go Do.”…
John 14:1-14
We started our liturgy today with a very good opening prayer. The collect of today read simply, “Grant us so perfectly to know your son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life…”
John 10:1-10
I’d like to ask you a question that we engaged in, actually, last week in our confirmation class and inquirer’s class. The question is this: Why did Jesus come among us? Why was Jesus sent into our midst? It’s a question, I think, to ponder…