Fr. George reflects on Luke 16:19-31: “The rich man didn’t hate Lazarus. He didn’t have any feelings about Lazarus. The rich man was just oblivious to Lazarus; he just wasn’t aware. […] Where are the places in our lives where there are people at the gate who we’re oblivious to?”

Luke 15:1-10
“All are welcome.” It’s a sign we have hanging outside the entrance of our church… It so defines what we think St. Paul’s is about… To me, “all are welcome” is the message of the gospel; “all are welcome” is the message of Jesus.

Luke 13:10-17
In my reading and studying, I came across a phrase recently that really struck me: “Christianity is still in its infancy.” You might say to yourself, “what a long infancy! We’ve been around for 2,000 years.” But there’s so much more for us to be able to grow into.

Luke 12:13-21
When you change lanes, you’re supposed to check your blindspot. It’s an area you don’t see. It’s there, but you don’t see it. Hold that thought. […] In all my years of ministry, all the times I’ve met with folks or heard confession, there’s one thing I’ve never heard. I’ve never heard anyone confess this. I’ve never heard anyone come in and talk about this: greed.

Luke 8:26-39
This morning, we’re celebrating baptism… There’s a sentence after the children have been presented where people are asked to renounce things, and one of the questions is “Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual forces of wickedness that rebel against God?” and the answer is “I renounce them”… Throughout humanity, we’ve tried to deal with evil and darkness…

Luke 7:11-17
Today is Picnic Sunday. You don’t find that in the prayer book… It’s a good time in the middle of the year to be together in fellowship and delight in who we are, who we’ve been, and who we can be. There’s so much in the life of this parish that happens that we don’t all see or experience, and yet we’re a part of it.

Luke 7:1-10 At first glance, this gospel reading sounds like a healing story… Jesus healed someone… We think that’s the end of the story, but I think on a deeper level, there’s a lot we can hear from this reading besides a healing story. This really in many ways is a story of Jesus breaking down some of the barriers of his tradition.

John 17:20-26, Sunday after the Feast of Ascension
I’d like to share a quote with you this morning: “One cannot level one’s moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything.” That’s a quote by someone I’d like to share a few thoughts about this morning. It’s the quote of a Jesuit priest who was very active, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. His name was Father Dan Berrigan…

Acts 9:36-43; John 10:22-30
“I can’t take it. I just can’t take it.” Ever use that phrase? I think most of us, at some point in our life, get to that point where we say “I just can’t take it.” I want to reflect on that phrase this morning. It’s probably one of the most honest things that we say, because what we’re saying is, “I can’t take it.” But what I think the challenge is… While we can’t take it, the only thing we can do is give ourselves to it. And that’s the hard part.

John 20:1-18
Happy Easter! Often times when we think of Easter, we think of Easter as an event — an event that happened: Jesus the Christ raised from the dead. But if we look closely at the scriptures and all the Gospel stories that tell of the resurrection, I’d suggest it’s not so much an event that’s being described as much as an experience: the experience of the risen Christ.