Advent Waiting

In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. The tone of the season of Advent, these few weeks before Christmas, is one of expectation, a time of waiting and excitement. Many of us wait with joy for Christmas Day – the crowds on Fifth Avenue swelling, the bustle of families preparing for […]

A Sermon for Advent

I’ve been at Saint Thomas long enough now to have learned a few things, and one of the things I have learned is that you can’t spend much time in this church without becoming just a bit of an anglophile. And once you become an anglophile, eventually you begin wondering what it might be like […]

Let Us Not Fear the Cross

I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. Isaiah 50:5b-6a In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. Amen. Today Jesus asks his disciples to state who they believe he is. […]