Trinity Sunday June 7, 2020 Genesis 1:1-2(a) II, Corinthians 13:11-13 , Matthew 28:16-20 Why does the Bible begin with a story of creation? It needn’t have done. It could have begun with the call of Abraham; a creation story that tells us of the founder of our faith. It could have begun with the story…
The Day of Pentecost May 31, 2020 Acts 2: 1-21 I Corinthians 12: 3b-13 John 7: 37-39 I love to visit botanical gardens. I am not particularly drawn to the flowers and the trees, so much as the glass houses constructed to recreate the diverse ecosystems of our world. At Kew Gardens in London, or…
Easter VII – Ascension May 24, 2020 Acts 1:6-14 I Peter 4:12-14 John 17:1-11 Luke tells us that the ascension took place from the Mount of Olives. This mount is almost eight hundred and twenty meters (three thousand feet) high. From the summit, you can see a panoramic view of the city of Jerusalem. The…
Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020 Acts 12:22 – 31 I Peter 3:13 – 2 John 14:15 – 21 The account of Paul’s visit to the Areopagus in Athens is one of the stories in which I find myself feeling a bit sorry for this often-maligned Apostle. He is on his Second Missionary Journey,…
Past sessions recordings: [yotuwp type=”playlist” id=”PL7AnQqoE9fNGTxdTDwKfC4bz7Ic5Fk5bW” ] Links to the transcripts for previous lessons’ notes: Medieval Women and the Eucharist Orthodox monastic Mendicant Devotio Moderna Luther
Easter IV May 3, 2020 Acts 2:42-47 I Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 The first funeral I took at St. Esprit took place two months after my arrival. It was for a former member of the Vestry of the church, and the scion of a prestigious New York family. He had had rather a colorful life;…
EASTER III Sunday, April 26, 2020 Acts 2:14a, 36-41 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 I suppose we all possess an item or two that we would describe as ‘keepsakes’; a piece of jewelry, an ornament or even a letter or a card. We save these little objects or letters to remind us of someone…
Second Sunday of Easter / Huguenot Sunday April 19, 2020 Acts 2 :14, 22-32 I Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 This April marks the four hundred and twenty second anniversary of the signing of an edict by King Henry IV of France granting French Protestants freedom from persecution. The Edict of Nantes was the first political…
Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 Acts 10:34-43 Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10 Well, I have to say that this is one of the strangest Easter Days I have ever experienced. None of us could have predicted that this is the way our Lent would end! It is hard to believe that only a few…