Following Jesus
For you are my hope, O Lord God, * my confidence since I was young. I have been sustained by you ever since I was born; from my mother’s womb you have been my strength; * my praise shall be always of you. (Psalm 71) A well-known Southern Baptist theologian quips that the whole of his […]
Into this weary world, the Christ enters in
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. We live in a time of great darkness. In our country, the desire of our president to […]
Sermon: The Second Sunday of Advent 2018
The Three Comings of Our Lord a sermon (click to read) for the Second Sunday of Advent given by the Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White at Grace Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, December 9, 2018
Sermon: The First Sunday of Advent 2018
preached by The Rev. Virginia Vogel-Polizzi In the words of the late Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr: “We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world, for love is the only way.” Today marks the first […]
Pizza, Toads, and Christ the King
A sermon for Christ the King Sunday given by the Rev. Dr. Stephen L. White at Grace Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts November 25, 2018 http://graceberkshires.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Pizza-Toads-and-Christ-the-King.pdf
God Sees Us
Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Evicted recently wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine called “Americans want to believe jobs are the solution to poverty. They are not.” He tells the story of Vanessa who valiantly tries to keep her family together as she struggles to navigate the challenges of low […]
All Saints Sunday, November 4, 2018 by The Rev. Peter Elvin
Have you noticed that Barbara Kingsolver has a new novel to add to our stack of winter reading? She was featured in last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, interviewed for the page that asks the author, “And what book might people be surprised to find on your to-read shelf?” Her answer let me smile […]
Sermon preached September 9, 2018 by The Rev. Dr. Steve White
Proper 19-B 9-16-2018 – Grace GB
God Goes Over the Top
“God Goes Over the Top” Sermon preached by the Rev. Steve White, July 29, 2018
Homily in Honor of Louis Seymour Zimmerman
Homily at the memorial service for Louis Seymour Zimmerman 20 July 2018, Grace Church, Great Barrington, MA The Rev. Peter Elvin “Walk fearlessly into the house of mourning; for grief is just Love squaring up to its oldest enemy. And after all these mortal human years, Love is up to the challenge.” Those words come […]