Pentecost 8, Proper 13, Year C Fr. Bob Wagenseil Way back in the 1990s, I was appointed by my Bishop, the Bishop of Long Island, to serve as Archdeacon of Queens; and part of that job description took me on a pastoral visit to Liberia West Africa. I spent ten days in that beautiful nation […]
Lord, Teach Us To Pray Pentecost 7, Proper 12, Year C Fr. Bob Wagenseil So, a New York City Taxi Cab driver and a retired Episcopal priest both die within seconds of each other and arrive at the pearly gates. The priest noticed that Saint Peter was looking at the taxi driver very carefully and […]
Choosing the Better Part Pentecost 6, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Poor Martha. Year after year, some preacher shakes a finger at her, giving her a hard time for being in the kitchen making dinner rather than sitting at Jesus’ feet like Mary was doing. As much as I dislike cooking and would like to justify […]
Love Is What We Need Pentecost 5, Year C Deacon Cindy Roehl A young pastor was sitting in a restaurant eating lunch. He opened a letter from his mother he just got that morning. As he opened it a twenty-dollar bill fell out. He thought: “Thanks, mom, I could use that right about now.” As […]
The Devil is on the Prowl Pentecost 4, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Demons. Satan. The Devil. Evil spirits. What a lesson for a summer morning! Remember, though, 1 Peter says that the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. [1 Peter 5:8] In other parts of scripture, Jesus, Paul, […]
Pentecost Sunday, Year C “I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” ~ Acts 2:17 Come celebrate the Holy Spirit and birthday of the Christian church. At COGS you will notice we celebrate by: ~ Wearing RED! ~ Reciting the Lord’s Prayer in a myriad of languages at the same time! This year’s celebration […]
Expect His Abundance 4th Sunday after Easter, Year C Deacon Cindy Roehl In our Gathering Prayer this morning we prayed: We gather in the name of our Easter God: Our Risen Lord transforms darkness into light, hatred into tolerance, despair into hope. Much of the time, our lives are a compromise between happiness and sorrow, joy […]
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know 4th Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman If you hang out with academic theologians – something I’m not going actually recommend to you, but I used to love doing it – and ask them who THE most important theologian of the 20th Century was, Swiss theologian Karl Barth will […]
The Knock on the Door 3rd Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Discipline. What notions come into our minds when I say that word? Mostly, it’s about giving up things we like or our comfortable with, like french fries or doing things we’d rather not do, like exercising. The word “disciple” has a slightly different […]
Do You Love Me? 2nd Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman The core of Christianity is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The church year has two basic parts: the Christmas cycle, when we hear the prophecies about the coming Messiah, the birth of that Messiah, the Christ, and the revelation that […]
