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As St. Barnabas launches their annual stewardship campaign, Father Justin reflects on the teaching and example of Jesus, who reveals God to be a God who helps. People in the Greco-Roman world conceived of the power(s) that ran the universe as badly behaved reality TV stars or, else, an impersonal force. Jesus proclaimed and embodied the God of love, who is a servant of his creation and comes to...

Father Justin takes a look at one of Jesus’ hardest sayings, that it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone who is wealthy to enter the kingdom of heaven. What seems, at first, to be a legalistic jeremiad turns out to be a word of grace. Jesus’ culture esteemed wealth as a sign of righteousness, or good behavior, and Jesus doesn’t think the love of the one he ...

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost - October 13, 2024 The Rev. Dr. Justin E. Crisp - preacher and celebrant

Sunday, October 6, 2024 St. Barnabas’ guest, Maggi Dawn, tackles one of the most difficult passages in the New Testament: Jesus’ teaching on divorce. She takes a closer look at the intense debate Jesus finds himself in when he’s asked about divorce. She focuses on Jesus’ reference to the garden of Eden at the beginning of his teaching. Jesus is saying, in a perfect world, there would be no divo...

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - October 6, 2024 The Rev. Dr. Maggi Dawn - preacher The Rev. Dr. Justin E. Crisp - celebrant

Father Justin takes a look at one of Jesus’ most enigmatic sayings, where Jesus compares Christian faith to salt. Just as salt brings out the flavor of all the other ingredients of a dish, Christian faith is meant to bring out the flavor of all other parts of life, including those not ordinarily thought “religious” or “spiritual.” Followers of Jesus ought to be the life of the party, not hall m...

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 29, 2024 The Rev. Dr. Justin E. Crisp - preacher and celebrant

Father Justin and Jewelle were back in church this past Sunday after the birth of their daughter Beatrice. Justin takes the opportunity to dive deeper into Jesus' love of children, and explains how the respect Jesus had for kids ran counter to the pagan culture which surrounded him. Jesus exalted children, and taught us that we are always spiritual children of a God who loves us like a parent d...

Rev. Phoebe preaches on Holy Cross Sunday about the sacrifice of letting go. She discusses how letting go is often difficult and we can't see what is on the other side, but the hope of resurrection always leads us to something richer and more abundant. Rev. Phoebe also reads a letter written by Father Justin about his and Jewelle's experiences as brand-new parents to Baby Beatrice.

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 15, 2024 The Rev. Phoebe Oler - preacher and officiant

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 8, 2024 The Rev. Dr. Justin E. Crisp - preacher and celebrant

Father Justin is just back from vacation and takes the opportunity to reflect on the place work has in human life. Work is a deeply human thing, and at its best, it can be a way to express who we are, our values and hopes. But work is not who we are. According to Jesus, we are more than what we do-at work or otherwise. We are beloved children and forgiven people, saved by grace, not by works.

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 1, 2024

Abide in Me as I Abide in You

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - August 25, 2024

Spiritual Hunger

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Coming Home to God

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - August 11, 2024

Belonging without Proof

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost - August 4, 2024

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - July 28, 2024

Faith in Retrospect

Faith and Peace

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost - July 21, 2024

Faith and Our Destiny

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - July 14, 2023

Faith and Acceptance

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, July 7, 2024