Trinity Sunday B | Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; John 3:1-17 St. Peter’s, Perth Amboy, NJ Today is Trinity Sunday. Looking back a few weeks, we’ve had some big moments lately – the Ascension (the day Jesus gave the great commission and then disappeared from their sight). Of course last Sunday we celebrated the Day of Pentecost, the unleashing of the Holy Spirit in a new way, what we sometimes call the birthday of the Church. So these disciples have become apostles, sent out into the world, empowered by the Spirit. Traditionally, this Sunday, the very first Sunday in the rest … Continue reading The Call to Go!

Easter 6B | Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; John 15:9-17 St. Peter’s, Perth Amboy In this season after Easter, we hear many of the stories of Jesus after his resurrection, of his appearing to the disciples, of the earliest witnesses coming to terms with what Jesus’ death and resurrection meant to them and to the world. Those stories are in the Gospel lesson each week. But we also get to hear stories of this same group of people, fast-forwarded a few years and even a few months into the earliest days of the Early Church. We hear those readings from the … Continue reading Unexpected Sisters and Brothers