Thomas the trusting
Thomas dared to wrestle with God, as Job before him, resisting and insisting on a trial, the evidence to be enumerated in wounds; bold Thomas, brazen Thomas. I do not dare to call Christ to account,...
View ArticleThe mountain
The mountain was known for its faces: old as time and containing the capricious moods of a newborn, mewling and frost-bitten on day, green and friendly another. squalling cloud and light enough to...
View ArticleTransfiguration and the transformative gospel
“For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty,” writes the letter attributed to...
View ArticleBlessed are those who mourn …
A sermon for the Sunday after All Saints’ and All Souls’ I don’t know how many of you are Beatles fans, but I watched the video of their new release, Now and Then, this week, recorded decades after...
View ArticleNot in glory
Not in glory but in the gloom of winter glimmers a light born of love, warmed by love, worshipped by angels; humble beginnings swaddled and held close promise the earth and deliver the heavens.
View ArticleLucy and the Light of the World
A homily for Evensong at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio If there were no space between the stars, we would not know their light. They shine in our vision, twinkle on our retinas, because they are...
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Christmas Eve 2023
Christmas Eve children’s time Mary and Joseph had a long journey ahead of them, all the way from Nazareth in Galilee down though the wilderness road to Bethlehem. They were tired and they were hungry,...
View ArticleChristmas Day 2023
Yesterday, during a short break in a long day, I spent an hour at the art museum, and it crossed my mind yet once again how many ways we have of communicating with one another. The brush strokes of a...
View ArticleForewarned
They left by another way to avoid the falling stars bombarding the night sky, minor apocalypses scoring their trails across the Red Sea. They dreamed of corridors between the waters knowing that God...
View ArticleEpiphany 2024
I have probably said this before, but the Gospel story of the visitation of the Magi to the manger of the Christ never mentions three kings, nor their names, nor their camels. It does not specify...
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