Holy Name 2020, January 5, 2020 Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 8; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:15-21 Names, Given & Earned Why is a name so important? It’s how we identify each other – and ourselves. I bet the very first humans … Continue reading
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December 29, 2019 Christmas 2 Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 Grace Church Christmas Eve has been magical for me as long as I can remember. As a tiny child nestled next to my father and mother — my father’s wonderful baritone … Continue reading
December 22, 2019 Matthew 1:18-25 Grace Church Today we light the fourth candle in the Advent season and in only a couple of days, the white candle for the Christ child will be our guiding star. After the prophets … Continue reading
December 15, 2019 Advent III Matthew 11:2-11 Grace Church Gaudate — Rejoice — See the Advent wreath with three candles lit, the third is pink, or more accurately rose — the color of joy, of Mary, of angels … Continue reading
December 1, 2019 Advent 1 Matthew 24:36-44 Grace Church I was in Baltimore for Thanksgiving with my son, Michael, his wife Jen and my two sacred granddaughters, Izzy and Maxine. Thanksgiving Day was also Michael’s birthday and dinner was … Continue reading
Sermon by the Rev. Nancy Wynen Christ the King, November 24, 2019 Why do we celebrate Christ the King? Is this the image of Jesus that we get from the Bible? Only from the folks around him, trying to … Continue reading
November 17, 2019 Luke 21:5-19 Grace Church In our beginnings are our endings and in our endings are our beginnings. As we enter deeply into the waning days of light and the last days of the long season of … Continue reading
November 3, 2019 All Saints’ Day Luke 6:20-31 Grace Church This is the Feast Day of All Saints — It is one of the great feasts of the church year and in our tradition, one of those moveable feasts. The … Continue reading
October 27. 2019 Proper 25C Luke 18:9-14 Grace Church One day a rabbi in a frenzy of religious passion, rushed in before the ark, fell to his knees, and started beating his breast crying, “I’m nobody! I’m nobody! I’m … Continue reading
October 20, 2019 Proper 24C Luke 18:1-8a Grace Church Once upon a time I was part of a Holy Trinity cadre of stewardship leaders — James Hugh Magers, Robert H. Bonner and me. Bob was the head of the Episcopal … Continue reading