Sermons & Newsletter Articles

Wounded and Risen

Year B Acts 4:32-35 Psalm 133 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… It’s the second Sunday of Easter…  and Eastertide lasts until May 23… until Pentecost…  so we have several more Sundays to reflect on the paschal mystery…  on the death and resurrection of...

Resurrection

Year B Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16:1-8 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… We learn…  we grow…  we accomplish goals…  we reach milestones in our lives…  like the tick marks on the kitchen door frame that record how tall we were at the beginning...

Vaccines & Variants

Have you ever seen an image of a virus? They look much different than bacteria. That’s because viruses are not living organisms and bacteria are. Viruses only grow and reproduce inside of the cells they infect. When found outside of these living cells, viruses are dormant. Their “life” therefore requires the hijacking of the biochemical activities of...

Pomp and Circumstance

Mr. Alex Quick Year B Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16 Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 15:1-39 When I was in college, my family went on a vacation to the Florida keys. My father had a bit of a rebellious and subversive streak in him, and was tickled while we were there to learn that, in the eighties,...

Sir, We Wish to See Jesus

Year B Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 119:9-16 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… Dutch photographer and designer Bas Uterwijk…  has found a new way to use artificial intelligence…  and specialized software which uses what’s called machine learning…  to create a new art form…  and the process...