Today is not one of the usual sermons about learning to be less of a Martha and more of a Mary. Instead I want to sit with the word our Gospel uses describe Martha of Bethany “distracted.” How well does that word describe so many of us?
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Advice on Investing: A Sermon for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Faithful Jews are buried in pine boxes. No frills. No metal hinges. The body is wrapped in a simple white garment with no pockets, a reminder that you can’t carry anything with you from this world to the next. No matter who you were, what you had in life, billionaire or pauper, the ritual isContinue reading “Advice on Investing: A Sermon for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost”
Seeing Christ in One Another: The Assembly and Worship
I wrote recently about the experience of worshiping this year in temporary space because of the chapel fire. One of the biggest blessings for me in this time has been directional. Our old Chapel was set up, like most Episcopal Churches, so that the entire assembly faced one direction. Before the changes instituted by theContinue reading “Seeing Christ in One Another: The Assembly and Worship”
Mike Angell 