Ut Aliis Tradere

I once saw a music video by the group Siouxsie and the Banshees performing the French Christmas Carol Il est né, le Divin Enfant. ...

[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for Sunday,...

When I was in college at the University of New Brunswick I had opportunity to sing with the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, and one of...

Earlier this year the Bible Study group at our parish finished an extended march through the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. This is NOT an...

Many Evangelical and Charismatic Christian denominations make much about the second coming of Christ. It pervades their media, their...

[Sermon preached at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for Sunday, November 22, 2020, the...

Many Christians and those influenced by North American Christian culture have an existential dread called variously the Day of the Lord,...

Normally my comments are about the day's Gospel, but today I wish to turn our attention to the Epistle (1 Thes. 4.13-18). In the West,...

We've all heard it. Someone or another, undergoing some arduous and to all onlookers unnecessary tribulation gets accused of "bucking...

Jesus had to put up with a lot of challenges to His teaching. Not only was He constantly badgered about His credentials, He also...

[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for Sunday,...

Jesus loved to use parables. A good storyteller knows how to grab an audience, keep their attention, and get the message across, whether...

So last Sunday I preached a sermon that included the parable that we read at today's Mass. The parable is a rousing condemnation of how...

[Sermon composed for the Sunday broadcast at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Phoenix AZ (https://www.stmarysphoenix.org/online) for Sunday,...

We have elevated whining to an art form. Seriously, an accomplished person can take their major (and especially minor) afflictions, spin...