The Reverend Peter Rodgers on 1 Peter 2:1-10
1 Peter 2:1-10 The epistle readings on these Sundays of the Easter season have been from the First Letter of St. Peter. I did my graduate degree on 1 Peter, … Read More
1 Peter 2:1-10 The epistle readings on these Sundays of the Easter season have been from the First Letter of St. Peter. I did my graduate degree on 1 Peter, … Read More
Love brought us together today. You may be here because you wanted to be together with family. Or maybe a dear friend invited you to celebrate Easter with them. Maybe … Read More
Today is a day I suspect many of us would rather not remember. Just five days ago, on Palm Sunday, we shouted with joyful anticipation, “Hosanna!” Blessed is the king … Read More
Do you remember the dress? The one that threatened to destroy friendships? Thesimple photograph of a hanging dress became a viral phenomenon in 2015 as people namedwhat they saw in … Read More
Sermon – Lent 3, Year A Vincent Booth — March 8, 2026 Opening Good morning. Last week, I led the children’s formation downstairs, with Nancy’s capable and exceptionally gracious assistance. … Read More
The Second Sunday in Lent St. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchThe Rev. Brian GregoryMarch 1, 2026 John 3:1–17 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.3:2 He … Read More
How then, do we heal? What do we do with the wounds? In our Eucharistic Prayer C we proclaim together, “By his wounds, we are healed.” Jesus appeared to the disciples in the Upper Room with his wounds saying, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” God has sent Jesus to them—to us—with his wounds in the ongoingness of life after trauma and death.… Read More
Can we, with the women, hear the voice of the messenger who simply proclaims, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised.”… Read More
All of which brings me to the book of Numbers, fourth book in the Old Testament, not your typical Bible hotspot. Now we’re here with serpents in the wilderness and being bitten, people dying, in an exodus from slavery. We are present in the company of Moses: “So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it on a pole, and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.” What an amazing story. Where did that come from?… Read More
Too often it seems like we are living in the “in between” times. We can’t go back to the way things were, yet we live in both hope and fear … Read More