Le premier dimanche après Noël le 31 décembre 2023 Qu’est-ce que nous devons comprendre quand nous entendons aujourd’hui dans notre lecture de l’évangile que nous sommes les enfants de Dieu ? Au premier abord ça paraît être une idée assez mignonne et agréable. Est-ce que nous sommes les petits poupons attendrissants que Dieu va…
Christmas Eve December 24, 2023 Isaiah 9 :2-7 Titus 2 :11-14 Luke 2 :1-20 I will never forget the first Baptisms I ever presided over. The children I baptized would be in their late twenties by now, and hopefully they will have no memory of the occasion! The baptisms took place in Birmingham, England when…
Même si la plupart de mes proches en France ont grandi en allant à l’Église – c’est-à-dire à l’Église catholique – ils n’ont pas ou plus l’habitude y aller. S’ils entrent dans des églises pour les visiter, ils n’y vont pas ou plus pour participer à la vie de la communauté. Les raisons de ce…
Chantons Noël 2023 Looking around the church this evening, I’m aware that many of us – perhaps even the majority of us – were not born in the United States, let alone native New Yorkers. We have come here for many reasons: for work, as exiles from political or religious persecution or war, because…
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Advent II December 10, 2023 Isaiah 40 :1-11 II Peter 3 :8-18 Mark 1 :1-8 The word ‘comfort’ which is closely associated with the season of Advent, means different things to different people. For some it evokes feelings of physical comfort – the feeling of being at home with people you love, sitting in a favorite chair in…
Advent I December 3, 2023 Isaiah 64:1-9 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 Certain seasons in the church’s year are known for their wonderful music, including Advent. Churches hold Advent services at which famous hymns like ‘O come, O come Emmanuel’ are sung. I won’t name the church, but the advert for their Advent service went…