Heart Talk
The Rev. Dr. Warner M. Bailey 2 Samuel 23:13-17 Song of Songs 8:5-7 2 Corinthians 7:2-4 John 13:1-5, 12-17 If the COVID pandemic has shown… Read More »Heart Talk
St. Stephen
The ‘I’ in “Team”
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch I Corinthians 12: 12-31 Two weeks ago I participated in a week-long class introducing me and other clergy to co-active… Read More »The ‘I’ in “Team”
Christmas Eve 2021
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch December 24, 2021 Once again, as last year, we don’t know if we can go home for Christmas. Or at… Read More »Christmas Eve 2021
Baptism into Preparation
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch November 28, 2021 Baptism of Lochlan Anthony Faron Dauphinot Luke 25: 25-36 It is a bit odd to be using… Read More »Baptism into Preparation
You Say That I Am King
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch November 21, 2021 Christ the King Sunday Daniel 7: 9-14 John 18: 33-37 Over the last few decades, and for… Read More »You Say That I Am King
Redeem Our Memories
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch November 07, 2021 Ruth 3: 1-5; 4: 13-17 Matthew 5: 1-12 Modern Bethlehem is located on the other side of… Read More »Redeem Our Memories
The Right Question
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch October 17, 2021 Job 38: 1-7, Mark 10: 35-45 Our service today, Kirkin’ Sunday, starts with questions. “Whom do you… Read More »The Right Question
Will They Ever Learn?
By Rev. Dr. Warner Bailey October 3, 2021 Micah 6:6-8, Psalm 133-134, Romans 10:5-9, Luke 16:19-31 Our gospel lesson could have been ripped out of… Read More »Will They Ever Learn?
Twenty Years Later
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch September 12, 2021 Isaiah 50: 4-9 Mark 8: 27-39 On September 11, 2001, our daughter Sara Caitlin was in Fifth… Read More »Twenty Years Later
All Too Human Jesus
By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch September 5, 2021 Mark 7: 24-37 When I was in my mid-teens, my sister and I were friends with another… Read More »All Too Human Jesus