One of the things that characterizes most religions, and Christianity no less than any other, is a promise of peace. Peace of all sorts. Sometimes it is universal, global peace. Sometimes it is peace with yourself. Sometimes it is peace with the environment. But what does it actually mean? At its most essential, peace is…
Here we are. The first Sunday of Advent. The first Sunday of a new liturgical year, Year A if you are keeping score at home. A time for new beginnings. I am always very grateful the first Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of Hope. I can’t think of a better way to begin a…
In case you think this post’s title “Two different sermons” is some cutesy thing it isn’t. The Liturgical Sunday for today is the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost but St. Mark’s is having a “Hanging of the Greens” service next Sunday so . . . The Knox Presbyterian Sunday is Pentecost 23 and the St. Mark’s…