We have made delight dangerous and insulting, fit only for the foolish and the oblivious, the vulgar and the entitled.
Tonight, we become part of this story. This is not a story we remember. This is a story we enter.
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The true miracle takes place, not when the man first sees the world, but when he first recognizes his Savior.
Jesus invites us to find grace in the magic of water flowing out of rock, to see in its steady
The devil isn’t pressuring Jesus to doubt his identity as the Son of God. He’s asking him to secure it.
When the Church no longer has faith in the eternal power of a single, loving act, then we accept the
The Sermon on the Mount: A Mission Impossible Michael Battle Trinity Church Boston February 8, 2026 Lectionary: Matthew 5:13-20
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Basically, John is that one friend from college who needed to make everything ‘deep’ and ‘profound’ and ‘big picture’ when
These graces remain more than regional fashion; they intend respect and appreciation, expressing our mutual recognition of one another, even
John’s account says nothing about a manger—nothing about Mary and Joseph—no mention of a baby. But the Church [makes] the
Stories are told over and over again and with each messenger the story comes to life for those who hear
The God we are anticipating may not be the God who comes to us. But the God who comes to
For those of us who grew up somewhere other than LA, New York, or Boston, bands provided a taxonomic shorthand
From the foundation of the world, from the dying Jesus and forever, God is singing to us, "heart of my
Jesus is honest about the fragility of even our grandest man-made structures. Jesus normalizes chaos as the way of the
Hebrew tradition asks for the tithe, ten percent of one’s income. The Portrieux fishermen contributed one-seventh of their life and
The body of Christ is made up of each of you, each of us, because each of us on our
Our time together remains as near as a song, or a scent, or a place, and I believe in the
When the world has tried to pull us all apart in fear, you proclaim a gospel which does not flatter
In the story world of our contemporary lives, violence and political madness wrack us with grief and anxiety. In response,
Has the world got you down? Do you feel like you can't handle any more things on your plate? The
Grace is not a wage that is meted out for good behavior. Grace is a gift, wholly indifferent to questions
Only a God who knew the messiness of the incarnation—of being both human and divine, loving and hurting, sheep-chasing, coin-hunting,