December 13, 2020

Psalm 126 “Shouts of Joy” December 13, 2020 “Joy to the world; the Lord is come!”   Every Christmas Eve that is the carol we go out singing into the dark as the lights come back up after our candles have been extinguished. Before Isaac Watts wrote those words three...

Midweek prayer

As we approach Christmas, this is the week of joy.  For some of your children, O God, joy seems like a distant dream as they worry about food for their families or keeping their homes warm or gas to get to work.  Make us a generous people, Almighty One.  Open our...

Midweek Prayer

Our journey through Advent finds us amid this week devoted to peace.  O God, strengthen us for the work you call us to as peacemakers – in a hurting world, in a divided nation, in struggling communities, in fragile families, in our very being.  May we be your...

Sermon 11/22/2020

Matthew 25:31-46 “To Do or Not To Do” November 22, 2020 The bronze cast has been installed on the street leading to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and there’s one in downtown Detroit.   Another can be found outside an Episcopal church in Davidson, North Carolina and...

Sermon 11/15/2020

Matthew 25:14-30 “Fear Factor” November 15, 2020 Losing a child, losing one’s voice, losing one’s mind, getting old, needles, cancer, failing in school, being wrongfully imprisoned, the Pandemic, the unknown, death. These are just some of the fears that the artist...