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Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany He told me, “I have built a life that is perfectly balanced. I’m like a trained seal at the circus. I’m...

Paul says, “according to my gospel.” My gospel. This sounded presumptuous to me, so I grabbed my Greek Bible and looked, and there it was...

When I was little, we had this old family bible that I just loved. It was a huge King James, with the words of Jesus printed in red, and...

I went to the emergency room, wondering why I hadn’t been paged in the first place...

Then, she said something that broke my heart: "We taught our children to be good people, but we forgot to teach them to love God."

This homily (Year A, 5th Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2020) was given at Emmanuel Church on High, Alexandria, VA. I have a pretty shameful...

This morning’s reading from Leviticus is where we get our idea of the “scapegoat.” There are two goats needed for the atonement of sin...

After the incident with the Golden Calf, God is ready to kill his chosen people, but Moses talks Him down and it seems like all is well...

We all sat there, crowded onto her death bed, drinking martinis and telling old stories...