by Jon | Dec 15, 2016 | feat., westfield |
Last Sunday night around 7:45pm, I stood in front of 400 people holding candles. “Lift them high,” I directed, as we began to sing the first verse of Silent Night again. Just like that, a church that had faced so many hard, dark days was filled from floor...
by Jon | Feb 27, 2014 | feat., westfield |
It’s been cold here. Really cold. This winter (from this Southerner’s perspective) has been much longer and way colder than my first winter up here last year. Just the other day, I looked out the kitchen window and saw big, fat snowflakes falling and...
by Jon | Jan 9, 2013 | weekly photo |
From the week of December 30, with thanks to my dear G., who took it from the organ while I was praying. I love the morning light streaming in through the balcony windows hitting my alb just so. And the way it speckles the pew. A new day has dawned, indeed. N.B.:...
by Jon | Jan 8, 2013 | installations, pix, westfield |
I know by now that you, like me, are glad get the Christmas decorations down and put away. I always enjoy having them out during this season, and I ALWAYS enjoy having them put away and my house back in shape. I thought that before we head out of this season for good...
by Jon | Dec 30, 2012 | sermons |
This morning is the first time I addressed the tragedy in Newtown directly in a sermon. In order to do so, I used the Lectionary from Year C for the First Sunday after Christmas known in Biblical circles as the Slaughter of the Innocents–a fitting scripture when...