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Some Thoughts On Joy (Advent III)

On this third week of Advent, I was invited to light the candle of Joy in church and to speak about the joys which God is bringing me in the world. As I sat down to reflect on this, I immediately began to wonder why […]

Easter Questions for Resurrection People

  Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance, so she ran off to Simon Peter and the […]

Living in the “Not Yet” Times

A sermon preached at the Sunday worship service at Church in the Highlands in White Plains, NY, on November 14, 2021. Scripture readings: Daniel 12: 1-3 Mark 13: 1-8 I wonder if any among you, if asked to name your favorite Bible verse, would point […]

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Who is Jesus? A Sermon on Mark 4:35-41

  This sermon was originally delivered for the online Sunday worship service at Park Avenue Christian Church, New York, NY, on July 4, 2021. View the recording here. In the dark of the evening they set out on the lake, assured in the navigational skills […]

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A Preposterous Hypothesis: A Sermon on Matthew 14:22-33

This sermon was originally delivered at the online Sunday service of Scarsdale Congregational Church in Scarsdale, NY, on August 9, 2020. We are capable of more than we imagine. I witnessed this truth in action over and over when I used to work as a […]

Case Study: Palliative Care Chaplaincy in the Age of COVID-19

This verbatim case presentation was an assignment submitted for the course Essentials of Palliative Care Chaplaincy, from the CSU Institute of Palliative Care. At the time, I wondered if it may have been a mistake for me to take this course right at the start […]