Readings – II Samuel 1:1, 17 – 27; Psalm 130; II Corinthians 8: 7 – 15; Mark 5: 21 – 43 I am a history buff. Frequently on our trips to Barnes and Noble in State College, I will pick up a biography or a book of history. This time of year, my thoughts go […]
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Readings: I Samuel 17: 1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49; Psalm 9: 9-20; II Corinthians 6: 1-13; Mark 4: 35-41 To honor my father, I thought I would bring along some of his tools. They also help us focus on the readings for today. I have a hammer, a saw, a screwdriver, and a level. First, the […]
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
Readings: I Samuel 15: 34-16: 13; Psalm 20; II Corinthians 5: 6-17; Mark 4: 26-34 From II Corinthians we heard, “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away, everything has become new”. This passage is the center of the Angelus, the eight-minute devotion observed here on Mondays […]
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Readings– I Samuel 8: 4- 20, 11: 14- 15; Psalm 138; II Corinthians 4: 13 – 5: 1; Mark 3: 20-35 About following the crowd. As a teenager, I sometimes defended a decision with the words, “Everyone else is doing it!” My parents would then reply, “If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you […]
The First Sunday after Pentecost
Readings – Isaiah 6: 1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8: 12-17; John 3: 1-17 To fill out the importance of the conversation of Jesus and Nicodemus in today’s Gospel reading, we need to remember that it was Nicodemus on Good Friday, following the crucifixion, who asked Pilot for the body of Jesus for burial in his […]
26 May 2021 COVID UPDATE
Safe Worshiping The Executive Committee and the Vestry have reviewed the following response to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania guidelines for our gathering for Sunday morning worship. Please review the following guidelines. These procedures have been forwarded to Canon Chad Linder, a member of the Bishop’s staff. A Revised Plan All enter by the Market […]
The Day of Pentecost
Readings — Acts 2: 1-21; Psalm 104: 25-35, 37; Romans 8: 22-27; John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b- 15 Piggy Banks. How many of you had piggy banks as children? I had one, actually many, but only one at a time, from Glenside Savings and Loan Bank. The bank gave out plastic piggy banks with their […]
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Readings – Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; I John 5: 9 – 13; John 17: 6-19 During this season of Easter our first readings each Sunday have been from the Book of Acts, the Acts of the Apostles. The selections have been out of sequence which can be a little confusing. Today we return to […]
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Readings – Acts 8: 26-40; Psalm 22: 24 – 30; I John 4: 7 – 21; John 15: 1-8 Let’s begin with our Psalm for today, verses 24 – 30 of Psalm 22. Now Psalm 22 should sound familiar. Just a little more than five weeks ago, on a Friday we heard the beginning of […]
The Second Sunday of Easter
Readings–Acts 4: 32-35; Psalm 133; I John 1: 1-2:2; John 20:19-31 Let’s begin with a bit of American history. Who said, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang separately”? (Benjamin Franklin). And where? (Philadelphia) And when? (July 1776 at the signing of the Declaration of Independence) Hanging together is […]