Christ Church in Short Hills

December 24, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | Christmas Eve

Christmas is when we open our hearts to unexpected guests who arrive at our door and celebrate the birth of a tiny human who is our great God, Savior, Messiah, and the Lord! (Titus 2:11-14 & Luke 2:1-20)

December 15, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Third Sunday of Advent

John the Baptist calls on the crowd to care, share, and be fair! We are called to do this too in our personal and professional life. These foundational practices transform us individually and collectively into people who bear good fruit in a world with so much need. (Luke 3:7-18) 

December 8, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Second Sunday of Advent

“Prepare the way of the Lord,” cries John the Baptist. How are we, like John, preparing the way for Christ to come into our lives? (Luke 3:1-6) 

December 1, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The First Sunday of Advent

Trust the process of Advent. Let it be a period of prayer, preparation, and a time to reflect on priorities. You don’t have to create the magic or miracle of Christmas – Christ is coming and we will be changed.

November 24, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | Christ the King

Thanksgiving, ThankServing, Ingathering, and the Feast of Christ the King are an amazing confluence of interrelated reminders that we follow Jesus, who taught us to serve and help our neighbors who are hungry or strangers.

November 17, 2024 - The Rev. Paul Keene - The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus seems to say "The end is nigh," but what are we to do with that!? The writer of Hebrews tells us: come together and provoke one another to love and good deeds. “Do not be alarmed,” Jesus says. (1 Samuel 1.4-20; Hebrews 10.11-14, 19-25; Mark 13.1-8) 

November 10, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Following the Election and Diocesan Convention, we look back on 150 years of the Diocese of Newark as we enter the next 150 years meditating on the example of the devout and faithful widow in Mark 12:38-44.

November 3, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | All Saints' Sunday

Jesus raised Lazarus and directed the mourners to unbind him from his burial clothes. What tangles do you need to be unbound from? Baptism is the start of our new life as Christians, shaping how we live as faithful Christians in a complicated world with God’s help, until we enter the communion of saints. (John 11:32-44)