—a portion of the sermon by Jaime Bonney on August 20, 2017 Matthew 16:30-20 Like the Pharisees today, the Canaanites were seen as foreigners with dubious traits. The Canaanite woman’s shouts for mercy have to overcome obstacles of prejudice and
Dear People of Christ Church, This week, our Episcopal Church Class will take on “Contemporary Moral Issues,” and wow, there seem to be a lot of them swirling around. On Sunday in my sermon I mentioned how God had “shown
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’m continuing to mull over the “Meet your Muslim Neighbor” event hosted at Government Center by the new Waltham Center for Community Engagement, and the Waltham League of Women Voters. More than 100
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’m excited to be planning for an action-packed week ahead, with some very odd juxtapositions. On Sunday we’ll have our annual St Francis Day blessing of the animals at the 10am service—worshippers of
Dear People of Christ Church, Last weekend, I was blessed to join in the Sakadawa Interfaith Celebration at the Kurukulla Center in Medford. The center had invited all of Medford and beyond to join in chanting and prayer for peace
Dear People of Christ Church, This Sunday, we continue our long sojourn in what the church year calls “ordinary time.” Get used to the color green-you’ll be seeing a lot of it. We don’t call it ordinary time in the
