Turning over the Oriental Rug
I find it’s always helpful to put our current trials in historical context. Here’s what happened in the 1875. The largest recorded swarm of locusts…
All Sufferings Great and Small
Last week the Wall Street Journal wrote about how several theme parks in Japan have recently reopened but, in an effort to keep the coronavirus…
Surviving the Swirl
This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church July 12, 2020.
The Factory of Fools
In his Nobel prize acceptance speech in 1950, William Faulkner said that the most important subject in all of literature and the only thing worthy…
The Big But!
Small country churches often have messages on their signs. Some are of the Turn or Burn, guilt provoking ilk. Like the one that said, “Ch__ch:…
Have You Had Your Breakdown Yet?
I think I had mine this week—but maybe I’ll have a few more before this is all over. The breakdown I had was along the…
You Have a Future
I’ve always been someone who thinks a lot about the future, but not in any sort of a responsible way, not like saving for a…
The Authority of Love
This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church on June 7th, 2020.
O Comforter, Draw Near
Today is Pentecost. It’s the day we mark the coming of the Holy Spirit. One of the names used for the Holy Spirit in scripture…
What Day Is It?
Good morning. I hope it is a good morning for you. I don’t know what makes a ‘good’ morning form a ‘bad’ morning, but I…
How Can We Know the Way?
When I was a First Year at UVA in the fall of 1982, a particularly dangerous virus rampaged through the Grounds, causing us students –…