In the Name... I was in a store and saw a door with a sign above it which read "Fire Exit." But, on the door itself was a sign which...

In the Name... Has anyone ever been to the town of Norton, Kansas? No. Well, in the town of Norton, Kansas, there is a very curious...

In the Name... One thing which never ceases to surprise pilgrims to the Holy Land is that they can visit a church of the Annunciation in...

In the Name... There’s a story told about John Wayne. He was cast in the Biblical epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” as the centurion...

In the Name... A rich man was near death and grieved because he had worked so hard for his money that he wanted to be able to take it...

In the Name... It is sometimes said that if God made Man in His own image, then Man has returned the compliment. We may smile, but, it...

In the Name.... In the 1950's and 60's, the Revd. Canon Bryan Green was one of England's foremost preachers. Theologically erudite,...

Fifty miles south of Baghdad lie the ruins of the city of Babylon - Babylon the great. Six hundred years before Christ, the rulers of...

In the Name… An engineer was developing a high speed plane but, in testing, the wings kept falling off. An old rabbi friend of his heard...

By ancient tradition, no sermon is preached on Palm Sunday. Our usual liturgy consists of the cheerful Palm Procession followed by the...

In the Name... I was recently thinking that in Lent we should only eat turtle soup and escargots. No 'fast' food. I knew I should have...

In the Name.... One winter Sunday, a young Scottish minister had to make an afternoon visit to a farm on the far side of a loch. Noting...

In the Name... A preacher started his sermon denouncing Hollywood and several people said "Amen." Then, he preached against Wall Street...

In the Name... The story is told of a young curate who was sent to a parish with an insufferable rector. After serving there a couple of...

In the Name... After Sunday School, a young boy was asked by his parents what he had learned for Lent. Two things, he said. Give alms...

In the Name... I understand that doctors have now discovered that there is a gene for shyness. Yes. They would have found it sooner,...

In the Name… A fellow trying to become a vegetarian was finding it very difficult. Unable to resist temptation, he went to a restaurant...

EPIPHANY 3, January 24th, 2021 In the Name.. A few years ago, on the Sunday when this text was appointed, a preacher got into his pulpit...

In the Name.... Did you know that the Easter Bunny is real? I’m serious. In the museum of the University of Wisconsin you can see, with...

In the Name... Over the years, I think I have baptized children with every possible variation on the spelling of “Caitlyn” and lots of...