‘Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any group that will have me as a member.’ This is Groucho Marx’s joke, and as with all good jokes, much truth lies within. The truth is that in all important communal efforts, family, work and church, we tend to see everyone else as the…
Our focus for reflection for all of Advent, in sync with our entire Diocese, has been ‘leaning into hope.’ In doing so, we are seeking to recover something very specific our church believes about hope, which is more than optimism and does not depend on if things are going well today or look good tomorrow.…
“Seek first the kingdom of God, and these things will be yours as well.” Lk 12:31 It’s that busy time of year again, and I am feeling a bit anxious. All this year’s finances and contracts and campaigns need completing; and next year is filling up fast with events, meetings and deadlines. My google calendar…
Like Abraham with Isaac, we Christians have benefited from receiving the gift of the Son of God twice, the first his marvelous life on earth and the second his life eternal—by which he guides—protects and counsels those who follow him. We Armenian Christians, whose weekly service is called “the sacrifice,” must always remember the essence…
Introduction “Learning Lament” Has a PR Problem Our sermon series is called Learning Lament, and I will admit to you right off the bat that I realize the title has a PR problem. People either don’t know what Lament is, or they have negative associations with it. When I told the altar servers that the…