This beautiful service of the Blessing of Light and Evensong continues our celebration of one of the major feast days: the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. All our major holy days are rich with layers of meaning. But one thing in particular stands out for me just now—as we face the crises of the […]
Sermon Topic: Light
Once you are real you cannot be ugly.
“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?” “Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to […]
Salt and Light
Let’s drink to the hard working people Let’s drink to the lowly of birth Raise your glass to the good and the evil Let’s drink to the salt of the earth. [1] Words from the song ‘Salt of the Earth’ by the Rolling Stones and released when I was eight years old in 1968. It’s […]
Prepare the Way of the Lord
Pause a while, pause a while In the humdrum of the city and behind a cloister wall In the early morning and when shadows start to fall See creation bending to the maker of it all And all we have to do is pause a while. (Gary Ault.1969.) I wonder what brings you here this […]
Arise and Shine!
Life is often like riding a roller coaster. Even in a day, we experience emotions that go up and down several times. I am happy with the joy of being able to start my pastoral life with great priests and parishioners in this church where I can learn so much. But I see things that […]
Luminary Life
Do you remember the first time you saw a rainbow? The first one I ever saw was on a family trip, I was no more than ten. We were in Appalachia driving through winding roads, and at one part of the road a vista revealed itself one of misty mountains. Now I had seen enough […]
Only Love Can Do That
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the heart of the matter. Light is the force, which transforms all darkness. No better reason on this Feast of the […]
Lighten our Darkness
The narrative of the Holy Scriptures begins in darkness and silence. In the beginning of the Bible, as in the beginning of creation, the whole universe “was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” The narrative of the Holy Scriptures ends in eternal light and endless music. At the […]
Stepping Back into the Darkness
If you travel to the middle of Wales in the United Kingdom you will find a landscape both beautiful and ancient, with the echoes of the Celtic Church and the legends of St David, that great missionary of the sixth century. You will also find there a place unique and for a particular reason that […]
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
I wonder how many of you are afraid of the dark. There is something about being awake in the night and not being able to sleep; somehow worries and concerns become amplified in the middle of the night. When I was younger, I would listen intently to the noises of the night and sometimes they […]
