Gospel
Beginning Lent
Jesus doesn’t like hypocrites. Who does? When we read the Gospel that always begins Lent, advising us to avoid the piety of hypocrites, we’re all
March 2, 2017
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Jesus doesn’t like hypocrites. Who does? When we read the Gospel that always begins Lent, advising us to avoid the piety of hypocrites, we’re all
A new year, a new topic The Rector’s Forum meets on Sundays at 9:00, discussing all manner of topics. In 2017 we begin with a
The supposed War on Christmas arrived early this year, as did all the commercial Christmas decorations. This fight, together with the hyper-commercialization of this season,
It’s over. Some of us are thrilled or cautiously optimistic. Others react with anger and grief. Everyone seems a bit stunned. What now? We could
Here’s some Biblical advice no one ever follows, taken from Sunday’s readings: Avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who
I did an Internet search this Monday morning of the word “Easter.” The first thing that came up was a Wikipedia definition, stating that Easter
Sticks and stones may break my bones…. No one really believes the rest of that, do they? Words may not land us in the emergency
#relevant Don’t tell me what to do! One thing that makes religion so irrelevant today is its tendency–even purpose–to tell people what to do. Once
We remember those who carried the Gospel into the world: Paul, Peter and John: Evangelists of the Bible Augustine of Canterbury: First Archbishop of Canterbury,
If reading Deuteronomy gives you a sense of deja vu, there’s a good reason for that: We’ve heard it all before! Deuteronomy repeats the story
