Author: Fr. Scott Russell

Scott served for over 10 years as the Episcopal Chaplain at Virginia Tech and as the Associate Rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Blacksburg. He then served as Rector of St. Brendan’s Episcopal Church in Franklin Park, PA. He is currently serving as the Episcopal Chaplain at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. He is currently the chair of the LGBTQ Commission of the Diocese of New Jersey and serves the Ecumenical/Interfaith officer for the diocese and coordinates the EDEIO officers for Province II. He serves on the Reparations Commission, and as an Anti-racism trainer. He has been elected to the deputations of the last three General Conventions.
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Woe to You, Rats!

Fr. Scott Russell

A Sermon for Epiphany 6CJeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 One of the funnier movies I have seen in the last few years was a zany one, and I’ll admit I like zany movies, called “Rat Race.” It was really a throwback to a classic movie made in the 60’s called, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” In both films a cast chocked full of your favorite actors and actresses go on a crazy adventure full of wacky situations and characters in hopes of getting an amazing treasure at the end – a fun concept, no doubt. Indeed we see other … Continue reading Woe to You, Rats!

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Where’s the Joy?

Fr. Scott Russell

A sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36; John 2:1-11 Whenever I hear the Gospel lesson containing the story of the wedding feast at Cana, I am reminded of one of my favorite Russell family stories. The setting is this: my older sister was visiting my brother’s family in Stafford some years ago, and like a good aunt would do she decided to read some bedtime Bible stories to my brother’s two daughters. Now, my brother and his family have been committed churchgoers, for most of their married life, as Southern Baptists. My sister on … Continue reading Where’s the Joy?