by Richard Lightsey | Mar 11, 2018 | Homilies
You were dead and now you are alive. You were lost but now you are found. You were a stranger but now you are at home. You were ill but now you are well. You were afraid but now you are filled with faith. You were abandoned but now you are embraced. You were alone but...
by Richard Lightsey | Mar 6, 2018 | Rector's Blog
Lent is half over, and I am just now posting the first reflection upon the season. I suppose I could claim the discipline of silence but it would not be completely honest. I have allowed myself quiet even in the midst of parish and family activity. I will confess to...
by Richard Lightsey | Feb 11, 2018 | Homilies
We come to the end of a relatively short Epiphany season this year. If you are familiar with our annual liturgical journey, the church generally ends Epiphany with this passage from the gospel, this mount of transfiguration which Jesus ascended with three of his...
by Richard Lightsey | Feb 4, 2018 | Homilies
Much of my week has been attending to Mary Ruth’s death and dying. On Monday and Tuesday I was fortunate to sit by her bedside in her final hours where I administered last rites and shared with her evening prayer and compline service. I was also took the one last...
by Richard Lightsey | Feb 2, 2018 | Rector's Blog
(An excerpt from this Sunday, Feb 4, homily) “…We, who are small, and tired, and weary can connect with the eternal source of love and kindness and life. We come together, even as few as two or three, to call upon God to act on behalf of us all, and...
