I have a confession. I have a big problem with our Gospel lesson today. Rather, I have a problem with the way this text has been used in the Church. This gospel lesson has been used as a justification for people staying in abusive relationships and I have to address that before I can move [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Epiphany 6, Year A, 2011
13Feb11Preached at the evening service of the Episcopal Church of Princeton University. I am a rule bound person and have been ever since I was a kid. My parents had very clear rules for my sister and me and I had very little problem following them. We did our homework before we played. We went [...]
Epiphany 5, Year A, 2011
06Feb11Listen to the sermon here. When I was little my family spent a lot of time with good friends of ours—the von Hendys. The von Hendys also had two children, Vanessa and Stephan. Vanessa was just a year or two younger than me and Stephan was just a year or two younger than my sister, [...]
