by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. Mark McDermott This is a gospel reading that frequently causes some discomfort, as Jesus is often interpreted as unfeeling and patronizing to the Syrophoenician woman by seemingly arguing with the plea to heal her daughter. In fact, Jesus gives her...
by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Briane K. Turley One of the greatest privileges I enjoy in my role as pastor involves the strong relationships I have established with the children in our church. Nearly every Sunday as I greet families in the narthex, a group of our parish children bolt...
by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Briane K. Turley In his commentary on this passage, Matthew Henry observed that “Worldly honour is a glittering thing, with which the eyes of Christ’s own disciples have many times been dazzled. Our care must be that we may have wisdom and grace to know...
by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Briane K. Turley For centuries around the time of Moses, as many of the nomadic tribes cris-crossed the Middle East wilderness, these wandering families required those with disabilities and the elderly to leave the caravan and sit along the side of the...
by afladmin | Jun 25, 2025
By: The Rev. Russell E. J. Martin I remember some years ago while I was in the checkout line at the grocery store my roving eyes landed on one of those ubiquitous tabloids whose headline reads “Prophecy Declares the End of the World is Near!” Without...
