“The Lord graciously gave,” by The Rev. Polly Robb

2 days ago by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C Luke 3:68-69 A few miles west of the old city of Jerusalem, across a hilly terrain graced with green trees and working vineyards, is the ancient village of Ein Karem. Its name means “spring of the vineyard,” and you can, to this day, drink water from this spring. Traditional […]

“Hope is the thing that is left to us…” by The Rev. Polly Robb

November 28, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Sermon First Sunday of Advent, Year C Happy New Year! Today the Church begins its new year. The Christian year begins not with the poinsettias of Christmas, but rather with Advent. These four weeks we explore the 2nd coming of Jesus— our scripture readings include apocalytic ideas and images. We begin the year in the […]

“Making all things new,” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

November 7, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

All Saints Sunday Sermon, Year B; November 7, 2021 Happy All Saints Sunday—we choose this Sunday to celebrate, even though All Saints Day was actually last Monday, as always on Nov. 1st. But last Sunday was October 31st. Can you celebrate All Saints on All Hallow’s Eve? Probably so, but unlike Halloween, when our thoughts […]

“Give us a conscience quick to feel,” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

October 10, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

20th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23 Year B Sunday, October 10, 2021 Mark 10:17-31 We know this gospel story; if we’ve been anywhere near the bible in our lives, we remember this one. And we know it so well because we can imagine, if given the opportunity […]

“Have salt in yourselves…” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

September 26, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year B September 24, 2021 “For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Upon my retirement from Randolph School several years ago. I received many gifts […]

“Let the words of my mouth…” by The Rev. Polly Robb

September 12, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B September 12, 2021 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, * O Lord, my strength and my redeemer” These are familiar words I just said; from the last verse of psalm 19. They are words you may be accustomed to […]

“Be Opened,” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

September 5, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B; September 5th, 2021 One word. Jesus took the deaf man aside, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears; he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighs and says to him one word, “Ephphatha.” Mark describes this scene in such […]

“Let your feet practice what is in your heart,” by The Rev. Polly Robb

August 29, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B August 25, 2021 ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.’ You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.” Good Morning. Today I’ve decided to talk about worthless […]

“Take and Eat” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

August 22, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B August 22, 2021 Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? Finally, finally, we’ve reached the end of chapter […]

“Ask what I should give you.” by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

August 15, 2021 by The Rev. Polly H. Robb

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost In a kingdom long long ago, there came to the throne a king named Solomon. This man was not the firstborn son of his father, nor was he the second, and by all rights, when his father died, he should not have assumed the throne. Yet Solomon was the son of […]