Humans and Other Animals, Jack Kamps, 9-7-25
THE FIRST READING: Genesis 2:4b-7, 18-20 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, no shrub of the field being yet on the earth and no plant of the field yet sprouted—for the LORD God had not […]
Lord, Teach Us to Pray, The Rev. Libby Wade, 7/27/25
The Gospel Luke 11:1-13 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come.Give us each day our daily bread.And forgive […]
The Rev. Jenny Gregg Asks Us for Help
Jennifer has been the Director of the Berkshire Servant Leadership Center since its beginning in 2007 and founding Vice President of BIO, Berkshires Interfaith Organizing, in 2014. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Elmira College, and a Masters in Divinity from Berkley Divinity School at Yale University. She currently holds outdoor services each Sunday, in […]
Time is Precious
This short story from the Gospel according to Luke is one that we have heard told many times. Jesus comes to a village and is welcomed by a woman named Martha, who invites Jesus, and we must assume, his followers into her home. As soon as Jesus enters, Martha gets busy preparing the hospitality that […]
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 […]
Louis Seymour Zimmerman–A Reflection by Frank Zimmerman
Dad was the eternal optimist. To his longest friends and siblings, I suspect annoyingly so. He always carried with him a mound of statistics on any subject to demonstrate how the world was glorious and getting even better. From stats on declining world hunger and child mortality to the rise of the global middle class […]
Choose Life
1 Happy are they whose way is blameless, * who walk in the law of the Lord! 2 Happy are they who observe his decrees * and seek him with all their hearts! (Psalm 119:1-2) Every moment of every day we make choices. We make choices about what we eat, what we wear, how we spend our […]
Letter from the Year Round Stewardship Committee
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Walking the Way Stewardship Narrative Series, October 26
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The Reverend William J. Eakins Sermons from 2014
____________________________________________________________________________________________ The Reverend William J. Eakins on June 29, 2014, Proper 8, Year A The Collect we prayed this morning begins: “Almighty God, you have built your church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.” I don’t think there has ever been a time in the history of […]