MY FAVORITE THINGS The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Twenty-sixth Sunday after PentecostNovember 17, 2024Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he...

BLESSED ARE THE GIVERSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkAll Saints’ Sunday + November 3, 2024Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.  Blessed are...

FAITH THAT SEES AGAINThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Twenty-third Sunday after PentecostOctober 27, 2024The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.”  Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has made you well.” ...

FAITHFUL AND FLEXIBLEThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Twentieth Sunday after PentecostOctober 6, 2024Some Pharisees came, and to test Jesus they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”  (Mark 10:2)This past August our...

THE CHURCH’S HEALING MINISTRYThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Nineteenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 29, 2024Are any among you suffering?  Are any among you sick?  You should call for the elders of the church and have them...

TWENTY YEARS OF A NEW YORK RECTORSHIPThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 15, 2024Jesus said,  “But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard...

SAY WHAT? The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 8, 2024And (Jesus) said to her, “Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” ...

THE HOSTILITY BETWEEN USThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Ninth Sunday after PentecostJuly 21, 2024For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between...

IS IT TIME FOR A NAP?The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Fifth Sunday after PentecostJune 23, 2024He said to them, “Why are you afraid?  Have you still no faith?  And they were filled with great awe, and said to one another, “Who...

MAKING ALL THINGS NEW The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Third Sunday after PentecostJune 9, 2024When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”  (Mark 3:21) ...

LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkTrinity Sunday + May 26, 2024In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty.  (Isaiah 6:1)The Scriptures assert that no one can see God...

SPIRIT OF LIFE The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Day of PentecostMay 19, 2024 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and...

WITH CHARITY FOR ALL The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Sixth Sunday of EasterMay 5, 2024Jesus said, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  (John 15:12)  Today’s readings from the First...

GIVE AND LIVE The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Third Sunday of EasterApril 14, 2024Jesus stood among the disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you.”  They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a...

JESUS THE GARDENER DUDEThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkEaster Day + March 31, 2024Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?  Whom do you seek?  Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried...

ALL IN THE FAMILYThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkGood Friday + March 29, 2024The Seven Last Words of Christ: The Third WordWhen Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your...

TIMELY AND TIMELESSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkPalm Sunday + March 24, 2024Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna!  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!”  (Mark 11:9) ...

DENY YOURSELF The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Second Sunday in LentFebruary 25, 2024Jesus said, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their crosses and follow me.  (Mark 8:34) When I...

DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER? The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkAsh Wednesday + February 14, 2024Jesus said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store...

HOPE WHEN ALL SEEMS HOPELESSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Fifth Sunday after the EpiphanyFebruary 4, 2024Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their...

LIBERTY IN CHRIST The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Fourth Sunday after the EpiphanyJanuary 28, 2024Now concerning food offered to idols … food will not bring us close to God.  We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no...

LIGHT AND LIFE HE BRINGSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkChristmas 2023The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.  (Isaiah...