Peace. Today is the second Sunday of Advent — the day that we focus on peace, be it the peace the Christ child brings or the peace that will be ushered in when Christ returns. Peace is one of those catch-words: we use it quite a bit in the church, but we rarely reflect on […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Not too, too far from here (28.28 miles as the crow flies) is Plymouth Rock — the place where the Mayflower landed in America and its passengers (the Pilgrims) established Plymouth Colony. This happened almost 400 years ago. At first, these English Separatists went to Holland voluntarily between 1607 and […]
Sunday, November 17, 2019 ~ Pentecost 23 Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2019, Dr. Tamilio Isaiah is one of the Old Testament’s major prophets. What separates the major prophets (like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) from the minor prophets (like Hosea, Jonah, and Micah) is the length of their manuscripts. Isaiah is sixty-six chapters long. […]
Pentecost 20 Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2019, Dr. Tamilio I preached on Jeremiah last Sunday, so the reading from the prophet did not really move me to explicate it this week. The passage from 2 Timothy is a good one: Paul looks ahead to what awaits him when he dies. Mmm, maybe… Luke […]
Sunday, October 20, 2019 ~ Pentecost 19 ~ Hebrew Bible Lesson: Jeremiah 31:27-34 Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2019, Dr. Tamilio One of the subjects I teach within philosophy is ethics: ethical theory, medical ethics, social ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics. One of the areas within moral philosophy that is quite controversial is ethical or […]
© 2019, Dr. Tamilio The comic Emo Phillips, who weighs about 100 pounds soaking wet, jokes about the time he was arrested for a traffic violation. While in his cell, he insulted a fellow inmate who was 300 pounds of pure muscle. The man grabbed Emo in a headlock and started to choke him. Emo […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2019, Dr. Tamilio In an article from Ministry Matters, Ian Heston Doescher states that today, “congregations around the globe will celebrate World Communion Sunday. Most of us have heard about World Communion Sunday but may not know much about where the celebration originated. According to the website of the […]
Dr. John Tamilio III A rich man dies and goes to Hell. He can see into heaven and begs Abraham to let Lazarus (not the Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead, mind you) he begs Abraham to allow Lazarus to dip his finger in water and touch his tongue. This man is in agony, […]
Dr. John Tamilio III (Sunday, 22 September 2019) Psalter Lesson: Psalm 150 Today, thanks to Janet Pratt and her family, we acquired and dedicated a baby grand piano to augment, if I may use a musical term, our music in worship. Can you imagine what a treat it will be to hear Richard Harvey tickle […]
Sunday, September 15, 2019 ~ Fourteenth Sunday of Easter Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor Scripture Lesson: Exodus 32:7-14 © 2019, Dr. Tamilio You know the story. Moses goes up the mountain to have an audience with Yahweh. This is when he receives the tablets on which God etched the Ten Commandments and provided Israel’s leader […]