by Richard Lightsey | Jul 29, 2018 | Homilies
I want you to take your insert and look at our collect of the day. This is the prayer that I’ll pray on our behalf in the final part of our service today. I’m going to read it now: O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 24, 2018 | Homilies
If we are to be the beloved community that Jesus imagined and commissioned us to be we must be a community committed to faith, hope, and love. But how do we keep our faith when we are in the midst of tempests all about us? Jesus asks, how can we not? Can you swim in...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 17, 2018 | Homilies
We are committed to being a Beloved Community amidst the city of Kokomo. It begins with being a loving community to one another. We accept St. Paul’s admonition to theyoung church in Corinth to pursue love. In his letter to the Corinthians he writes, Faith, Hope,...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 10, 2018 | Homilies
In the letter to the church in Ephesus the writer pleads, I beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 3, 2018 | Homilies
“Put away from us the hurtful things, and give to us those things that are good and beneficial.” Things like rest and compassion – a healthy rhythm and balance to our lives. May we be mindful that we are clay and vulnerable vessels imagined and formed by divine will....
