“We are in the midst of a global pandemic, and the amount of disruption is difficult to fathom. None of us has ever lived through something like this,” the Rev. Leslie D. Callahan told her
No one has a blueprint for what to do during the time of a pandemic and protests for racial equality, so the Rev. Leslie D. Callahan considers herself “blessed to shepherd a congregation that is
When the Rev. Janet Broderick was about 13 years old, her school was going to have a dance. Everyone was excited. Three of the most popular boys approached her and said they all wanted to
“You are loved unconditionally. You will never be more loved than you are today,” the Rev. Janet Broderick said. To acknowledge this love is to take the first step in purification before taking action. She
“We have been wearing masks. Some people are buying expensive ones. I wonder if they are cleaning them. We wear them so we don’t injure other people and we hope they wear them so they
“What use is scripture if it is not inside us? It has to come into our hearts, inform our activity, tell us who we are and why we are. Scripture places us down in a
The Rev. Janet Broderick was a potter before she went to seminary to become a priest. She used both gifts in her homily, “Pottery,” for the 9:15 a.m. EDT Monday, July 27, morning devotional service
“I am tired of learning about insurmountable obstacles and unrestorable situations. I am exhausted from being manipulated to feel afraid,” said the Rev. Janet Broderick. She preached at the 10:45 a.m. EDT Sunday, July 26,
The Rev. Janet Broderick had only been in her new parish, All Saints’ Epicopal Church in Beverly Hill, for about eight months when she went to a conference in Kentucky in February. She and at
A young man called his grandmother and announced, “I am coming over to see you.” The grandmother gave him directions to her building and said, “I am in Apartment 301. When you get to the
A rabbi came to a new congregation. When it came time to say the Shema, the central prayer in the Jewish prayer service, half the congregation would stand and half would sit to say the
A rabbi gave a sermon, and after the services, he greeted the congregation at the door. A woman came up to him and said, “Rabbi, I work for ‘CBS Evening News.’ Could you condense that
“William Butler Yeats said, ‘The great founders of civilization don’t write books, they live lives.’ Moses was the exception,” said Rabbi David Wolpe. Wolpe delivered the homily for the 9:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 21,
André Malraux, French novelist and minister of cultural affairs, wrote Antimémoires near the end of his life. During World War II, he was friendly with “a massive, dangerous soldier, who became a priest after the
Rabbi David Wolpe began his sermon with a story. A rabbi and a doctor were talking. The doctor said, “I don’t mean to brag, but sometimes I treat my patients for free.” The rabbi responded,
Rabbi David J. Wolpe is disappointed not to be able to be at Chautauqua this summer. “To talk virtually is the blessing of this age, but it is an obstacle to intimacy. But I have