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 us anything, it provides compelling evidence that there is a… Heart Talk
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 coaching. I’ve always thought of coaching someone kind of the… 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 least, traveling to see loved ones over the holidays certainly… 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 Jesus’ sermon on the end of days on a day… 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 various reasons, people have come up with language to reframe… 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 the wall which divides Israel from the Palestinian territories. This… 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 seek?” “Do you seek the Lord with all your heart?… 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 the pages of Dante’s Paradise Lost. There are no passages… 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 Grade at Kensington Parkwood Elementary School in Kensington, MD, just… 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 brother and sister down the street who were from a… All Too Human Jesus