Pentecost XIXOctober 19, 2025Jeremiah 31:27-34 II Timothy 3:14- 4:5 Luke 18:1-8 I think that for many people, it is far easier to pray prayers of thanks or in distress than it is to pray persistently in times of prolonged and wearisome oppression; let alone to make prayer something that is as natural and regular to…
English OktoberfestOctober 5, 2025Lamentations1:1-6 II Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in the Second World War. The members of the generation that saw that most traumatic upheaval in Europe are diminishing year by year. Many of them showed enormous courage in the face of the inhumanity…
Français Pentecôte XV 21 septembre 2025 Jérémie 8:18-9:1 1 Timothée 2:1-7 Luc 16:1-13 Lorsque j’ai été ordonné prêtre en Angleterre il y a plus de trente ans, l’une des critiques les plus courantes à l’égard des prêtres était que nous étions « tellement tournés vers le ciel que nous n’étions d’aucune utilité sur terre…
Pentecost XIVSeptember 14, 2025Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 Our two little parables from Luke’s gospel are very appropriate for Rentrée Sunday today. Not only do they talk about finding something that was lost or gone astray. More specifically in the case of the lost sheep, we hear a story about coming home.…
English – Click to open Pentecost XIIAugust 31, 2025Jeremiah 2:4-13 Hebrews 13:1-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Most encounters with angels and the voices delivering their messages are a little more obvious than those recommended to us in the reading from the book of Hebrews. “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that,…
Pentecost XAugust 17, 2025Isaiah 5:1-7 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 I have been trying to grow a grapevine in a corner of the little roof garden above my apartment. I had a vision of sitting underneath its shade; making stuffed vine leaves, and maybe picking a bunch of grapes or two. Nearly twenty years ago, I…
Pentecost 8August 3, 2025Hosea 11:1-11 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Do you remember the story of Midas? He may (or may not..) have been the king of the Phrygians in Turkey at the time of the second Assyrian Empire. Dionysus, (the god of merrymaking) had a foster father, Silenus. Silenus became so drunk that he fell…
Pentecost 7 / Afrique fêteJuly 27, 2025Hosea 1:2-10 Colossians 2:6-19 Luke 11:1-13 When or where do you find it easiest to pray? Does it depend on your mood? Do you have to feel relaxed to pray, or do you pray only when you feel a pressing need for God’s help? The answer is different for…
Pentecost IV July 6, 2025 2 Kings 5 :1-14 Galatians 6 :1-16 Luke 10 :1-20 I have to admit that one of my least favorite experiences of my seminary education was the annual mission. Every summer, we were sent out from Oxford in teams of five people to parishes or chaplaincies throughout England: in theory, to bring new…
Pentecost IIIJune 29, 20252 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 We have all experienced pain or shame related to our bodies. Due to the judgments we make about ourselves and the judgments society makes about us, it is often our physical appearance or mannerisms that cause us to feel ashamed. Our weight, height,…