Welcome
We pray the reflections below will help you in finding renewed life.
Oramos las reflexiones a continuación le ayudarán en la búsqueda de una vida renovada.
The Rev. Joe Parrish
New York, NY
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Current Reflections
5/8/2022
Mothering Sunday
Jesus as the Good Shepherd in many ways depicts a mother’s care for her children. But he does not associate gender with mothering, but caring is a need for all of us; we need to care, and we need to be cared for.
Series: 4 Easter (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C
Passage: John 10:22-30
Language: English
Tags
Mothers, shepherd, Jesus, good, sheep, children, voice, mothering, caring, love, feed, food, hungry, homeless, Ukraine, Ukrainians, war, peace, Bible, Alpha, lunch, feeding, Manhattan, Elizabeth, New Jersey
5/1/2022
“Breakfast with the Risen Lord”
he Risen Lord saw that his followers needed food and encouragement, and he fed them. Let us follow in his merciful footsteps and eat a sacred meal together, and remember and help those in Mariupol and Kyiv and elsewhere in the Ukraine who have so little to eat.
Series: 3 Easter (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Third Sunday of Easter, Year C
Passage: John 21:1-19
Language: English
Tags
Jesus, Christ, peace, food, medical, supplies, port, fish, Berlin, Risen, Lord, Hebrew, desert, disciples, eat, together, manna, water, fish, Kyiv, Mariupol, Ukraine, submarines
4/17/2022
Why do we look for the living among the dead
Christ Jesus was raised from the dead to heal us, to encourage us, and to give us with him life everlasting.
Series: Easter (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Easter, Year C
Passage: Luke 24:1-12
Language: English
Tags
Jesus, Christ, God, peace, healing, pain, children, cancer, war, temporary, death, rock, anchor, refuge, creation, creator, life, pain, living
4/10/2022
Shouting Stones—A Surprising Finding
Christ Jesus needs us; we need Christ Jesus. Let us not be silent as stones, but let us proclaim the Good News that Our Savior has come. We are the ones to make the love of God in Christ real to others.
Series: Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday, Year C
Passage: Luke 9:28-40
Language: English
Tags
Jesus, Christ, Curacao, Ukraine, Russia, pray, peace, proclaim, silent, stones, Good News, Palms, Chixulub, asteroid, lava, volcanic, Africa, South America, Yucatan, Cretaceous Age, dinosaurs, silent, shouting
2/27/2022
Having Mountaintop Experiences
Christ’s love extends to all. We are the ones to make the love of God in Christ real to others. Recall how someone who loved us dearly was so comforting and encouraging.
Tags: Jesus, Christ, love, grandmother, grandfather, hugs, Willemstad, Curacao, Venezuela, Bishop, Jefforts-Shori, Helmin Magno Wiels, mountaintop, Rogers, children, television, comforting, enthusiasm, miracle, evangelism, Episcopal, Church, heal, prayers, sermons, hymns, witness, Ukraine, Russia, pray, peace
Series: Last Sunday after the Epiphany (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Last Sunday after Epiphany: (C)
Passage: Luke 9:28-36
Language: English
Tags
Jesus, Christ, love, grandmother, grandfather, hugs, Willemstad, Curacao, Venezuela, Bishop, Jefforts-Shori, Helmin Magno Wiels, mountaintop, Rogers, children, television, comforting, enthusiasm, miracle, evangelism, Episcopal, Church, heal, prayers, sermons, hymns, witness, Ukraine, Russia, pray, peace
12/24/2021
How have we come to Jesus?
Jesus came to join us to the chosen of God. By his life we are made equals to those from the lineage of Abraham. By his death we have been assured eternal life. The rest of Christmas tends to be a tale of great excess, likely diverting our eyes from the reality and importance of Jesus birth, death, and resurrection.
Series: Christmas Eve (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Christmas Eve, Year C
Passage: Luke 2:1-20
Language: English
Tags
Christmas, tree, gifts, Santa, Jesus, Christ, God, chosen, Paul, history, saturnalia, Macys, spending, toys, Jews, Mary, Joseph, wisemen, Abraham, Moses, prophets, eternal, life, Easter, Hanukkah
12/23/2021
Where have we gone right?
The registration in the first century is the background of how the Savior was born in Bethlehem, which translates as “The house of bread”. The Bread of Life, Jesus Christ was born to give us eternal salvation by indwelling in Christ, even eating his precious body in our Eucharist. As the birth of Jesus is narrated, angels praise God, shepherds come to adore him, and on Epiphany the wise men come to give him gifts. The humble scene is transformed into a glorious celebration that is retold every Christmas by Christians worldwide.
Series: Christmas Eve (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Christmas Eve, Year C
Passage: Luke 2:1-20
Language: English
Tags
Jesus, Christ, shepherds, love, angels, Bethlehem, Virgin, Mary, Joseph, baby, child, peace, love, glory
12/19/2021
Insignificant?
What God had happen in an insignificant little girl called Mary made the most profound impact on Planet Earth that has never before or after been witnessed. Insignificant people always do significant good in the world with God’s wise guidance.
Series: 4 Advent (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C
Passage: Luke 1:39-55
Language: English
Tags
God, Jesus, Mary, insignificant, significant, heart, nodes, defibrillation, omicron, covid, variants, pulse, Peanuts, Schulz, magnify, glorify, exalt
12/12/2021
Christ is on his way
The coming of Christ in the first century was announced by John the Baptist. Now in the twenty-first century, we again hear the same words of John, and his advice to get our lives and hearts prepared for Christ’s coming again, not as a baby, but as the King of the Universe, Lord of lord’s, and King of Kings. Are we ready? Christ is on his way.
Series: 3 Advent (C)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Third Sunday of Advent, Year C
Passage: Luke 3:7-18
Language: English
Tags
John, Baptist, Lord, Christ, coming, Advent, scruffy, children, clerk, United Way, asteroid, nuclear, rejoice, Toscanini, fear not, assurance, eternal, life
12/5/2021
Are we getting ready?
Advent is a time for review, reflection, revision, and re-visioning. What will we change for the better? What will we leave behind that was unproductive? How do we make our way to the Lord and for the Lord straighter?
Series: 2 Advent IC)
Speaker: Rev. Joe Parrish
Topic: Second Sunday of Advent, Year C
Passage: Luke 3:1-6
Language: English
Tags
John, Baptist, baptizer, Advent, Christmas, Jerusalem, preacher, wilderness, alpha, delta, omicron, grace, repentance, Isaiah, past, future, present, Jesus, Christ, Son, God