by Richard Lightsey | Jun 16, 2019 | Homilies
Romans 5: 3-5 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 9, 2019 | Homilies
I am struck by the contradicting tales reflected in the story of Babylon and the day of Pentecost. In the story of Babylon God does something that separates the unification of humankind. In those days, the story tells, all humankind had one language and they used...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 9, 2019 | Homilies
I am struck by the contradicting tales reflected in the story of Babylon and the day of Pentecost. In the story of Babylon God does something that separates the unification of humankind. In those days, the story tells, all humankind had one language and...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 2, 2019 | Homilies
We come to the place in our liturgical journey where Jesus is absent from the disciples. He is gone. And the community he gathered and nurtured must now figure out how to continue and live out the message he gave to them. Yesterday we laid to rest Hazel Mapes’ ashes...
by Richard Lightsey | Jun 2, 2019 | Homilies
17:20 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word,17:21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent...
