The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Lent 1C, 3/6/2022 Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them, take our hands and work through them, take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. The word Lent comes from an Old English word for “lengthen” and refers to the gradually…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’ Mt. Airy Epiphant 7C, February 20, 2022 Genesis 45:3-11, 15, Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42, Luke 6:27-38 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them, take our hands and work through them, take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today we pick up where last Sunday’s gospel left off and continue with the…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Epiphany 5C, February 6, 2022 Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, Luke 5:1-11 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them, take our hands and work through them, take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Y’all, today I had to wear my stole that was handcrafted by a Peruvian artisan because of…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Epiphany 3C, January 23, 2022 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, Psalm 19, Luke 4:14-21 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Our theme for this season following the Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ, and leading up to…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy, December 26, 2021 Isaiah 61:10 – 62:3 Psalm 147 John 1:1-18 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today we read the beautiful and poetic prologue from John’s gospel that begins, In the beginning…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Deceber 24, 2021 Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Luke 2:1-20 Merry Christmas everyone. Amid this latest surge of Covid cases and hospitalizations, tonight we are not able to gather together the way we anticipated and hoped. The last 24 hours have felt reminiscent of the earliest days of the pandemic when things were…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Pentecost 25/Proper 28B, November 14, 2021 1 Samuel 1:4-20, Canticle: The Song of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10), Mark 13:1-8 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today we end our year-long journey with Mark’s gospel.…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy October 31, 2021 Ruth 1:1-18, Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:11-14, Mark 12:28-34 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. The story of Ruth and Naomi is one of my favorites in all of scripture. Not just…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz, St. James’, Mt. Airy Pentecost 22/Proper 25B, 1024/2021 Job 42:1-6, 10-17, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 7:23-28, Mark 10:46-52 Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. We are in the ninth week of a twelve-week chronological journey through several chapters in the…