20220619 Sermon for Proper 7
20220619 Sermon for Proper 7 It was my joy and pleasure yesterday to bear witness to Jill’s ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Now, when you have more than one Deacon in a given location,...
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I Came to Bring Fire…
20220814 Sermon for Proper 15 and Feast Day of Jonathan Daniels, at St. Andrews Episcopal Chruch, Madison, CT On this day, we celebrate the life of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian who...
Settling Refugees in Southeast Connecticut...
Last week, I attended a presentation at the Rotary Club of New London on Refugees by Chris George, the Executive Director of Integrated Refugee and Immigration Services (IRIS), based in New Haven,...
You make the winds your messengers * and flames of fire your servants...
Stewardship Sermon for Sunday, October 18, 2015 St. James Episcopal Church, New London, CT You make the winds your messengers * and flames of fire your servants You can just imagine the scene…...
Paying a Living Wage to Lay Employees: Practical Guidance for Parishes in The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
My Deacon-Postulant class in the Episcopal Diocese of CT (with Elaine Sleath and Ned Lewis) studied the living wage issue as part of our coursework on Christian Ethics. I'm happy to share the...
"Resilience" - Faith Communities Need This Too!
"The old argument that liberal churches are in decline and conservative ones are growing is not true. The denominations that once seemed impervious to decline are beginning to look like most other...