Christ Church in Short Hills

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.

August 13, 2023 - The Rev. Canon Robert Griner - The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

The klutzy Apostle Peter qualifies all of us for Christ's service. All we need is to throw in the towel of self-sufficiency and ask for help. Just like Peter did.

August 6, 2023 - The Rev. Paul Keene - Transfiguration Sunday

Christ upon the mountain peak is transfigured before the disciples. His transfiguration is a promise and reminder: we can’t help but be changed before the presence of God.

July 30, 2023 - The Rev. Dr. R. Kevin Johnson - The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

God loved Jacob and kept his promises to Jacob even though Jacob was a mess. That should give us all hope! 
Listen to the Rev. Dr. R. Kevin Johnson's sermon from Sunday, July 30.