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...

GETTING IN CHARACTERThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Second Sunday of AdventDecember 10, 2023As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet … “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord,...

ADVENT: IT’S ABOUT TIMEThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkAdvent Sunday + December 3, 2023Jesus said, “Then they will see the ‘Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.”  (Mark 13:26) What is Advent, and how shall we...

GOD RE-MEMBERS The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkAll Saints’ SundayNovember 5, 2023Some of them have left behind a name … But of others there is no memory; they have perished as though they had never existed; they have become as though...

THE GATES OF HELLThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Twenty-first Sunday after PentecostOctober 22, 2023Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus … I will go before you and level the mountains.  I will break in pieces the doors of...

YES … IT IS ARTThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 24, 2023They grumbled against the landowner, saying, “These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the...

THE THIRD OPTION?The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostSeptember 10, 2023Jesus said, “For where two of three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”  (Matthew 18:20)Earlier this year, I...

Peace in our Time? The Rev. J. Donald Waring Grace Church in New York The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 23, 2023 The servants of the householder said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How, then, has it weeds?” He answered, “An...

COME TO JESUSThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Sixth Sunday after PentecostJuly 9, 2023Jesus said, “Come to me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me;...

SHOW ME THE MATHThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Third Sunday after PentecostJune 18, 2023But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.  (Romans 5:8)  When I was a student, math was...

GOD’S NATURE IS TO SAVEThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Second Sunday after PentecostJune 11, 2023Jesus said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.  Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy...

WE’RE WALKING IN THE AIRThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Sunday after Ascension DayMay 21, 2023When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.  (Acts 1:9)One of the great...

NO EASY ANSWERThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Fifth Sunday of EasterMay 7, 2023Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.  Believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places … I am...

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A SHEEP? The Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkThe Fourth Sunday of EasterApril 30, 2023Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.  All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the...

STEALING HOMEThe Rev. J. Donald WaringGrace Church in New YorkEaster Day + April 9, 2023Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father.  But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and...