Forgiveness For the Unforgiving
A wise friend recently told me that pandemics are good for ruminating, and that’s bad news for us. Because if you’re like me, when I’m…
The Trouble with Joseph
This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville on August 16, 2020.
Lord, Catch Me!
The first few times this week that I read this familiar passage from Matthew about Jesus walking on water not a thing came to me…
Liars R Us
If there is anything that I have learned from Pandemic binge watching, it is that I love liars. Just about every show I’m hooked on…
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.