A Lesson from Normandy
An item this morning on television told the story of what made the difference on June 6, 1944. President-elect John F. Kennedy asked outgoing President Eisenhower what had made all […]
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Not the Commodity Jesus – A Sermon, 2 June 2019
Thanks to two recent funerals I had the chance to talk with people from other churches. The story is the same everywhere: shrinking participation in Liturgy and in church activities […]
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A Hearty Farewell
Today at the end of Liturgy we said goodbye to two of the most faithful members of our church community: Berhane Eyeass and Leteslase Tesema. To many of us they […]
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80 Years Young!
A wonderful celebration today of the 80th birthday of our one and only Demosthenes! Demo and his wife Angela have been and are stalwarts of our church community. The church […]
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The Delight of Faithfulness
Most people are allergic to commandments. And the same people associate the church with rules and commandments. But that is not how the ancient Israelites looked upon commandments. Psalm 119 […]
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Sunday School in Bloom
Today’s Sunday School lesson was Growing in Christ. Among the scriptures the children read today: See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.Flowers appear on the earth; the season […]
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Our Excellent Greek School Program
The children of our Greek School, under the expert and loving direction of Kyria, gave us a wonderful program of poems, songs and dances in celebration of Greek Independence Day. […]
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Our waiting God
On this Sunday of the Prodigal Son the Gospel of Luke leaves the story open-ended. Did the older son get over his anger and embrace his brother who came back? […]
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Room for Mercy
At the heart of our Liturgy is Mercy. We say it so often that one popular Greek saying makes fun of it. But make no mistake, mercy is at the […]
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Do we still have a mission?
The Gospel of Matthew concludes with this commandment of Jesus Christ. It’s not so much a commandment as it is a commission, a sending out of the church to bring […]