It has been a beautiful autumn so far. Record warmth has postponed peak foliage around much of upstate and the Adirondacks. Autumn is the flamboyant show of nature that makes living here rather than … [Read more...]
It’s about our ignorance, our humility, our smallness
A video version follows the text I HAVE to talk about Job today, or more precisely, God’s indictment of Job -- and us. I have to because I really want to. But first, I want to be a teacher and … [Read more...]
Through the Portal of Memory
My dad was tall and lanky. He moved slowly, was deliberate and precise with his motions, and also with the work of his hands. He was the kind of guy who put on an old pair of suit pants with the … [Read more...]
A clench fist and then…
“...She shook her fist, then opened hands in praise.” That’s a lament. A lament psalm begins with bewailing the situation, shaking a fist at the universe, and ending with praise. Listen to … [Read more...]
He Got Religion
The columnist David Brooks got religion. That’s not a metaphor. Sometime in the last few years he had a religious awakening and it sure has changed what he writes about. Previously, and maybe … [Read more...]
Change – Want it
SERMON TEXTS Psalm 8 and Mark 10:2-16 See below for a video version of this sermon “Change” by Rainer Maria Rilke Want the change. Be inspired by the flame where everything shines as it … [Read more...]
Good Government
...All health care workers in New York State, at hospitals and nursing homes, are to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the first dose received by Monday, September 27, and staff at other covered … [Read more...]
Admitting to Iconoclasm
Reflection on the readings for 18 Pentecost (Revised Common Lectionary) A video version can be viewed below I apologize but you are going to have to pay attention if you want to follow this … [Read more...]
The Origins of Autumnal Nostalgia
My neighbor’s black-eyed Susans are still vibrant. Their round black eyes are bigger now, bulging out from yellow faces. But that chroma of yellow! No human concocted hue comes close to that screaming … [Read more...]
Boundaries
Texts for preaching are from 17 Pentecost in the Revised Common Lectionary Video version appears below Well, here we are, left with Jeremiah’s complaint and the “Whose the greatest” … [Read more...]
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