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 […]
At the Shore with Jesus
“At the shore with Jesus” Sermon preached by the Rev. Steve White, July 22, 2018
The Rev. Steve White’s Sermon Following the Death of Sey Zimmerman
We believe we are one body in Christ
O Lord, take our mouths and speak through them; Take our hands and work through them, Take our minds and think through them, And take our hearts and set them on fire Reclaiming Jesus WE BELIEVE we are one body. In Christ, there is to be no oppression based on race, gender, identity, or class (Galatians […]
Made in the Image of God
In the name of the loving, life-giving, liberating God. Amen This has been a week when once again scripture and God’s name has been all over the news. Our Presiding Bishop Michael Curry started the very public conversation following his stirring witness to the power of love at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry Windsor […]
Reclaiming Jesus
We are living through perilous and polarizing times as a nation, with a dangerous crisis of moral and political leadership at the highest levels of our government and in our churches. We believe the soul of the nation and the integrity of faith are now at stake. It is time to be followers of Jesus […]