Christ Church in Short Hills

September 15, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus is a teacher; and it's not just the words he uses that we should pay attention to, but how he uses them. (James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38) 

September 8, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Can we change our mind? A gentile woman is the only character in Mark’s gospel to change his mind as she begs him to heal her daughter. In a moment or over time, your mind, heart, faith and life can change with God. (Mark 7:24-37)

September 1, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

We’re talking about old time religion today with James and Jesus; let us not just be hearers of the Word, but doers! (James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)

August 25, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

This summer in politics, we’ve heard many “are you with me” then “tell your friends” speeches and a lot about running mates. In the Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples if they are still with him. Rev. Bowie talks about inviting our friends back to church with us and closes with Malcolm Boyd’s prayer “Are you running with me, Jesus?”  (John 6:56-69)

August 18, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

We’re all looking for wisdom, for the instructions to life; but what do we do once we have it? How can we be sure we even have it? (1 Kings 2:10-12 & John 6:51-58)

August 11, 2024 - The Rev. Dr. Timothy Mulder - The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

The choice to love as God loves the world is the antidote to division and violence. (2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33)

August 4, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.”  This sentence seems simple, but is quite complex when you consider its context and impact. Jesus invites us to come and eat the bread that satisfies and, in the midst our complex lives, is enough. (John 6:24-35; 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a)

July 28, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sometimes we find ourselves in an angry place—where temptation is great, and sin is easy. What do we do; how do we escape?