In Security
During troubled times when life seems more dangerous than usual, words having to do with security are thick in the air: We have heightened security. All is secure. Stay inside…
Author: Janine Schenone
I am the rector (senior pastor) at Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in San Diego, California.
Easter to Go!
On the list of things that Episcopal priests fight about, we’ve had a recent entry: whether priests should be dispensing “ashes to go” on Ash Wednesday. Before I get into…
Sermon on Easter Vigil, 2013
What would you say to someone who does not believe? What would you say to someone who does not believe the most amazing thing that has ever happened? This is…
Lazarus Is Alive!
(This sermon was preached on March 17, 2013 at Christ Church, Bronxville, NY, and posted at the request of a parishioner.) My friends in Christ, I find the Gospel reading…
How good evangelism is like a great massage
If you have never had “deep tissue” or “sports” massage, I highly recommend it. It has a way of reaching deep into the muscles and tendons and sinews and healing…
How bad evangelism is like a bad haircut
I got a really bad haircut the other day. No te preocupes–I will live. But there I was, literally cringing in the chair as I watched the substitute hair stylist…
Why I Voted for a Sinner
“I’m not voting for him because he was a jerk,” several of my seminary comrades posted in reply to my Facebook post in which I urged them to vote for…
Peddling Saints: Lent Madness
Getting hooked on Lent Madness was like getting hooked on “Downton Abbey”: All the other seminarians/priests were doing it, but I thought the first season was kind of dry. And…
We Have Fouled Our Nest: Sermon on Last Epiphany
(Preached at Christ Church Bronxville on 2/10/2013) My friends in Christ, Peter is my favorite disciple. On the one hand, he is utterly devoted to Jesus. But on the other…
The Old Monasticism is the New Monasticism
“The New Monasticism” has been a popular topic in religious journalism the past few years, especially in its relationship to the emergent Church–that is, the Church that is seeking fresh…
Ordination Part Two: The Marching Orders
I bet that most people who are about to get ordained feel the way I am feeling right now: both very excited and somewhat unworthy. This unworthiness isn’t the false…
“We have a Latino problem”
I was deeply dismayed to hear the words “We have a Latino problem” coming out of the mouth of a Republican campaign commentator on the night of the U.S. presidential…
Waiting for Disaster
As I look out the window at the first threatening blasts of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and feel the floor shudder beneath me and my ear drums move…
Episcopal Church v. Episcopal Church
It looks like divorce. The Episcopal Church of the United States and the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina finally did what many Episcopalians have feared for a while: the Episcopal…
Gospel on the Ground 