A Reflection on Ash Wednesday
At a recent retreat with the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Bishop Doug Fisher told a story of a group of refugees fleeing their familial village. They were just one step ahead of the Nazis who sought to either imprison them or end their lives. For days they had walked day and […]
The Light that Accompanies Us
4 “O mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; * you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.” 5 Proclaim the greatness of the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool; * he is the Holy One. (Psalm 99) This is a shining kind of day. Today, the last Sunday in Epiphany is known […]
Loving our enemies is our saving grace
3 Put your trust in the Lord and do good; * dwell in the land and feed on its riches. 4 Take delight in the Lord, * and he shall give you your heart’s desire. 5 Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in him, * and he will bring it to pass. (Psalm 37) Our reading […]
Where to put our trust
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. Jesus continues his journey throughout the Galilee, teaching and healing so that great crowds now seek him. Everyone struggles to touch him for “power was going out from […]
Going Deep with Jesus
The Lord will make good his purpose for me; * O Lord, your love endures for ever; do not abandon the works of your hands. (Psalm 138:9) The Rev. Gregory J. Boyle knew what he wanted. He wanted to follow Jesus. He believed that meant that he was to train to be a Jesuit priest and to walk […]
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