John 1:35-42 35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus wa ..read more

Hello friends and peace be with you on this first day of the season of Lent known as Ash Wednesday. In my most recent blog post, I shared with you why the Church observes Lent. You can find that article here.  Today, (we call it Ash Wednesday) marks the beginning of our Lenten observance. We call it “Ash Wednesday” because many Christians throughout the world, including the Catholic and Orthodox Church and some in the Protestant churches (like us Anglicans) will participate in a worship service where our foreheads are marked the sign of the cross with “ash.”  Now, why ash? You might ..read more

What is the Season of Advent?  “Advent: the time to listen for footsteps – you can’t hear footsteps when you’re running yourself.” —Bill McKibben O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. —Traditional Advent hymn   The word “advent” derives from the Latin word, adventus, that can mean either “arrival” or “coming.”   Advent is more than anything else, a time of waiting, conversion and of hope: a “waiting memory” of the first, humble coming of the Lord ..read more

Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, the shadow of a mighty Rock within a weary land; a home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, from the burning of the noontide heat and the burden of the day. I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place: I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of his face; content to let the world go by, to know no gain nor loss; my sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross. – “Beneath the Cross of Jesus,” words by Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane (1868)   When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusale ..read more

The Epiphany season is a time to reflect upon God’s revelation of himself in the person of Jesus Christ, with special attention given to various divine interventions and manifestations of the Spirit within the life and ministry of our Lord. This year, we will focus on the nature of discipleship and what it means to be a citizen of the kingdom of heaven, a kingdom that Christ himself inaugurated in human history while on earth. We hope you will join us ..read more

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things ..read more

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.   3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you ..read more

John 1:29-34 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he wh ..read more

Friends, peace be with you. Has your relationship with God grown stale? Has it lost its spark? Are you plagued by a particular sin? Something you can’t shake? Are you just tired from the day-to-day grind of your life? These all show that God wants to give you more. And this Lent can be when God gives it to you.  Now, you might be wondering from that last comment, “What is Lent?” Lent is a season of the Church calendar year where we walk or journey to the cross of Christ over a period of 46 days (technically, 40, as we don’t count Sundays during Lent) and then celebrate Easter Sunday as th ..read more