Christ Church in Short Hills

October 15, 2023 - The Rev. Dr. R. Kevin Johnson - The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

For those who wonder if praying matters and if God is really listening, what we learn from Moses’ encounter with God on Sinai should give you hope! 

October 8, 2023 - The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass - The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Rev. Bowie reflects on her pledging over the past two decades. Stewardship is part of our personal faith journey and relationship with God, who created and gives us everything we have. We are also creating a new chapter at Christ Church together with Jesus Christ as our cornerstone.

October 1, 2023 - The Rev. Cn. Robert Griner - The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus got into a lot of trouble with the religious folks by pointing to the moral losers as privileged before God. Perhaps in our moments of "quiet desperation," we are more like them than we like to admit.

September 24, 2023 - The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass - The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

God sent the Israelites manna and quails to sustain them in the wilderness for 40 years. In the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard, each person receives the usual daily wage, regardless of how long they worked.  How we know when we have enough? How does God teach us to be grateful, just, and generous? 

September 17, 2023 - The Rev. Paul Keene - The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

$33.9 trillion, imagine owing that much! God’s forgiveness is boundless; imagine if we could forgive like God. With God’s help we can, one penny at a time.

September 10, 2023 - The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass - The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus said “Where 2 or 3 are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” We encounter Christ, but also human conflict, in community. Through prayer and Jesus’ presence, we are called to forgiveness and reconciliation. 

August 27, 2023 - The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg - The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Impetuous Peter and Paul, the prosecutor of Christ followers,  show us that the gospel can change us if we open our hearts to its power. Once transformed, we are called to change the world. 

August 20, 2023 - The Rev. Paul Keene - The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers in Genesis 45 sheds a particular light on the grace Jesus offers us through his all-redeeming sacrifice on the cross.