Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
"Episcopal Schools" - The Rev. Dr. Kurt Gerhard, October 17, 2010
Genesis 11.1-9
For over fifty years, this parish has sponsored a school to fulfill our mission of serving the children of Washington, DC. The Day School of St. Patrick's is one of many important ministries of this place. The dedication of generations of parishioners, rectors and clergy, teachers, parents, and students have made our school an important ministry in the Palisades and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
"Aliens" - The Rev. Dr. Kurt Gerhard, October 10, 2010
Luke 17.11-19, Jeremiah 29.1, 4-7
Lord, we pray that grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works. Amen.
I. Aliens (the good, the bad, the ugly)
My first memories of aliens were the fictionalized characterizations in cartoons of green colored beings from Mars. It always seemed to be Mars, so much so that we dubbed any creature from outer space as a Martian. I’m not sure why Martians don’t come from Jupiter (I know it is a gaseous planet) so maybe Mercury. We might call them Jupiterians or Mercurites.After cartoons, aliens became part of our culture through Star Trek and Star Wars. In these science fiction epics, we encounter beings that mostly walk like humans, speak odd languages but can always be understood with C3PO type interpreters. It was wonderful to imagine human ingenuity taking us to distant planets using hyperspace and warp speed. In the 1980’s the creative imagination of Hollywood introduced us to a more sophisticated, peace-loving alien named E.T, who we watched this past summer in our Popcorn Theology series, when he visited present day California. No longer were the aliens in the distant future or a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. There have been numerous alien visitations, on the screen, that have not been so positive (in respect to the future existence of humans), but there is just never enough imagination to explore all the good, the bad, and the ugly of possible alien existences.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Prophetic Scroll Found at St. Patrick's
October 3, 2010
This is a reading from the research conducted by the members of Don Bitsberger’s class, a newly discovered and remarkably relevant scroll, only recently translated. This scroll was shared with the Stewardship Committee, with Tricia Duncan and Tad Anderson, the hard working co-chairs. The reading:
There came upon the land a time of financial pestilence,
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