Archive for March 2020

When someone joins the church they are asked some very personal questions, like “Do you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?” This week, we have a story of a man born blind. We see them there, two men, one who sees everything and the other who has never seen anything and the disciples are…

Sunday’s Gospel passage is the story of Jesus healing the blind man. I have been thinking about this passage and what I would preach from it and offer these reflections on the first portion of the passage. John 9:1-7 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth. Jesus’ disciples asked,…

I have a practice to share with you in this stressful time. I have endeavored to do this daily for a long time and find it personally meaningful. It is an adaptation from a traditional meditation technique called “The Meditation on Loving-kindness” I offer it to you as one of many ways we can be…

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a…

I have been thinking about aftermath of 9/11 and how it, for a time, created a deeper sense of connection in our wider community. Suddenly people were kinder to each other. People welcomed you to merge into traffic, greeted you with a genuine warmth. The tragedy reminded us we are connected and drew out our…