“Unbind him and let him go”. The story of the raising of Lazarus is not just a miracle. If it were simply about raising the dead then we could feel cheated; it just doesn’t happen that often – if at all – our own loved ones are rarely brought back from the dead. I don’t […]
Sermon Topic: All Saints
Surprised to be Invited
In a book I have been reading on Washington D.C. called “This Town” I hear there is fever in some quarters and chill in others. It’s a question of who does and who does not get invited to one politically strategic occasion or another. There is triumph and there is chagrin. It seems that some […]
Heroes of Holiness
In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. At the root of today’s festival is the word, holy. First there is the uncreated, eternal holiness of God: the absolute purity of his nature, his goodness and righteousness through and through. Second is the derivative holiness of all […]
