Archive for January, 2008

January 27, 2008

Is 8:23-9:3
1 Cor 1:10-13, 17
Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
The Right Stuff
Right now in the United States there seems to be very few places that you can go where you are not inundated with news about the presidential election. The information about a candidate that we receive may be true or false, somewhat true or somewhat false. [...]

January 20, 2008

Is 49:3, 5-6
1 Cor 1:1-3
Jn 1:29-34.
The Glory of God
The readings from Sunday January 20th stir up in me questions and reactions. The first question is from the Isaiah, have I ever met anyone who showed forth God’s glory? I certainly have prayed that I might be an instrument of God’s unconditional love, has there ever [...]

January 13, 2008 Baptism

Is 42:1-4, 6-7
Acts 10:34-38
Mt 3:13-17
A Simple Handshake
In one of my chaplain internships I worked at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. I was so nervous to enter the rooms of the patients and say, “Hello I am a chaplain here, is there anyway I can serve you?” Now almost 16 years later, I enter the [...]

January 6, 2008 Epiphany

Readings: Is 60:1-6, 10
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6
Mt 2:1-12.
The Guiding Light
I often wonder how many special stars I have missed which were in plain sight which would have led me to the Christ light? How many people with whom I interact or see at a safe distance might be the one whom God has put on or [...]