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. It has been said that there are five basic types of prayer and they can be distilled into five words: Oops. Gimme. Thanks! Wow! Why?[1] Oops for prayers of confession. Gimme for prayers of petition.…
St. James' Episcopal Church – Mt. Airy, Maryland
Sermons on 2015 (Page 2)
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. One of my favorite seminary words is pericope, which autocorrect always wants to change to periscope. And that’s actually not a bad image to have – a periscope helps you see things that are…
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. Deep Roots, New Shoots. This is the image we are using as we step out in faith planning for our first year of ministry together. St. James’…
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. Between our reading from the Book of Job and the Gospel of Mark, the lectionary is not pulling any punches today. Suffering and divorce are never easy topics to approach, and are made harder when we…
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. As you may have read about in the Thursday News email, over the summer Bishop Sutton invited all of the parishes in the diocese to participate in an event today sponsored by Interfaith Power &…
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. A capable wife who can find? Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all. Whoever welcomes one such child in…
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. Sometimes it’s as simple as one sentence that seems to almost make you pay attention to it. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. How many times have I read or heard this Gospel…
The Rev. Kristin Krantz Proper 18/B St. James’ Church Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 9/6/15 James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17 Mark 7:24-37 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. After months of prayer, guidance from the Spirit, and planning – it is great to finally be…
Exactly eighteen months ago when I began my tenure as your Interim Rector, we all knew this day was coming. In fact, getting safely to this day, my last day with all of you, was the whole point of my being here at all. But knowing that a departure is coming doesn’t make it easier, at least not for me. The chairs…
As I said a couple of weeks ago, we don’t really know who wrote the letter to the Ephesians. It says at the beginning that it is from Paul, but most New Testament scholars, in studying the content, have decided that is unlikely. And we don’t really know to whom the letter was written. The…