Author Archives: tmrichmond3

  When I was a kid I spent part of one Sunday afternoon at the home of my friend, Buddy. Buddy had never invited me over on a Sunday, and that afternoon I learned why. It was the Sabbath and … Continue reading →

(Note: On June 3 our congregation took up a special offering to help refurbish the playground at Bear Creek Park. We chose that day because June 1 is International Children’s Day. It was also Communion Sunday. As usual the texts … Continue reading →

  Someone asked my why I call my blog and author page The Still Point. The phrase comes from T.S Eliot’s poem Burnt Norton. The full quotation is: “At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; … Continue reading →

Morning Mocha To call what I do every morning “making coffee” is like saying when the pope is celebrating a high mass that he is “doing religious things.” The ritual actually starts the night before when The Redhead grinds my … Continue reading →

The last Sunday in May was Trinity Sunday, which means the next few months, from June until November, we will be in what the Church calls Ordinary Time.   I had a parishioner in Alaska who took great offense at … Continue reading →

    Last week I preached on the Trinity. Here are a few things that did not fit into the sermons, but which I find interesting.   The early church fathers were very hesitant to use the words “persons” (in … Continue reading →

  What does God Look Like? There was a little boy in Sunday School class drawing a picture. The teacher asked him what he was drawing and he said, “I’m drawing a picture of God.” “Well,” the teacher said, “No … Continue reading →

  Language Fails How many of you have lived in or traveled in in a country where you did not speak the language? Some of the confusion can be pretty funny, like when I meant to say that I had … Continue reading →