by Richard Lightsey | Jan 26, 2020 | Homilies
1:10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose. This appeal from St. Paul brings me both a...
by Richard Lightsey | Jan 19, 2020 | Homilies
Almighty God…Grant that your people, illumined by your word and sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s love… your people, illumined, enlightened, awoken, disturbed, shaken from their apathy and complicity, by your word and sacraments! On the eve of the...
by Richard Lightsey | Jan 12, 2020 | Homilies
The season of Epiphany is about the manifestation and emergence of the life of Jesus in the world in which he lived. What does it mean to be made manifest? What does it mean to emerge? I think it is about a life, about our life, rising up in this...
by Richard Lightsey | Jan 5, 2020 | Homilies
Second Sunday after Christmas:January 5, 2020 12th Day of Christmas It is my last chance to talk about Christmas, and its meaning amidst the annual sacred journey of the church. In this morning’s collect we pray, O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more...
by Richard Lightsey | Dec 24, 2019 | Homilies
What is the meaning of Christmas? Charlie Brown cried out lamenting the fuss and commercialization that he saw all around him. And so, Linus, recites to Charlie Brown the Nativity narrative from the Gospel of Luke, like we just heard it read a moment ago. With...
