Oops! Once, a young woman was preparing a pot roast for a family dinner. She cut off the ends of the roast before placing it in the pan. Curious, her husband asked why she did that. “I don’t know,” she

Sunday of the Blind ManScripture: Acts 16:16 – 34 Oops! Sometimes, when things get out of our control they go from bad to worse. As we loose control, the reality may be that we’re digging our own grave. Most of

Sunday of the Samaritan WomanScripture: Acts 11:19 – 30 Oops! As many of you know, I’ve spent some time in Greece, and I’ve also traveled to Turkey. I can remember walking around Athens and Istanbul taking in the strangeness of

Sunday of the ParalyticScripture: Acts 9:32-42 Oops! By all accounts, Tabitha should have been forgotten. We shouldn’t be hearing about her today. We shouldn’t be talking about her.  Just take a look at her life. She wasn’t a politician. She

Sunday of the Myrrh-BearersScripture: Acts 6:1-7 Oops! Like last Sunday, this Sunday has a special designation: the remembrance of the Myrrh-bearing women along with Joseph of Arimathea. As you heard in Matins this morning, the themes of today’s hymnography revolve

Sunday After Pascha: Thomas SundayScripture: Acts 5:12-20 Oops! On this, the first Sunday after Pascha, we celebrate the apostle Thomas, the one who wanted to touch Christ before he would believe that Christ had risen from the dead. Sermons on

Holy Friday of Holy WeekThe Un-nailing Vespers: Matthew 27:1-38The Lamentations: Matthew 27:62-66 Oops! In 1882, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “God is dead.” What Nietzsche meant was that “… the belief in the Christian God has become unbelievable.” Further, he

Palm SundayScripture: John 12:1-18 The Setting In the saga of Christ, we’re now at the edge of the big dramatic finale. In one week’s time, it’ll all be over, and, so, we sit in anticipation to watch the full drama

Lazarus SaturdayScripture: Hebrews 12:28-29; 13:1-8 and John 11:1-45 Oops! It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the opening chapters of Genesis set the stage for the rest of the Bible. We live in a fallen world—where there is pain, suffering, and evil—so it’s

5th Sunday of Lent: St. Mary of EgyptScripture: Mark 10:32-45 Nutshell Oops! We probably all remember our middle school (or junior high school) years. Whether we remember them fondly or not probably depends on how well we “fit in.” Ugh!