Prayer and Proclamation
December 06, 2024
Our readings in Advent take on a distinctively apocalyptic tone of something new being revealed for which we must prepare. We hear the words of the Hebrew...
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A Not-So-Crazy John the Baptist
Popular depictions of John the Baptist tend to emphasize his wildness. A literally peripheral figure, dressed in camel’s hair and subsisting...
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The End of the World?
On a crisp Sunday morning in December 2011, President Barack Obama walked with his family from the White House to a yellow church across...
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Saint Bartholomew’s Day
Dear Friends,Saint Bartholomew’s Church in the City of New York is deeply connected to the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood in which we...
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A Tale of Two Widows
November 07, 2024
Earlier this week, we learned the results of the Presidential election. It is the end of a long, hard-fought, and at times ugly campaign. Some of us may be...
Doers of the Word
September 19, 2024
A Surprising God
August 01, 2024
A Grand Old Flag
May 24, 2024
Slow Art and Sacred Looking
April 19, 2024
Back in my art gallery days, I spent many pleasant hours with visitors just sitting and talking in front of a work of art. If we sat together long enough...
Showing Up
March 01, 2024
Religion 101
January 19, 2024
Word Up
December 29, 2023
