Christ Church in Short Hills

July 21, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

How does the Bible teach us to follow Jesus?  How does God speak to us today through scripture?  What are questions to ask when studying sacred texts? Through the Sunday readings and poetry, an exploration of the Bible as our spiritual guidebook.

July 14, 2024 | The Rev. Dr. R. Kevin Johnson | The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Speaking truth to power is both dangerous and necessary. 

July 7, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Jesus had a bad day. Even King David had failings. What do you consider essential leadership traits? Learning from missteps. Sharing authority? What can we do as a community led by God? 

June 30, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Three bears, a penchant for things “just right,” golden hair…we’re all Goldilockses and, for God, it’s more than ok—it’s just right.

June 23, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Climate change is scary and overwhelming. We may even feel like the disciples who asked Jesus “don’t you care that we are perishing?” We believe in a God who cares deeply for us and all creation and calls on us to care too.

June 9, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | The Third Sunday after Pentecost

God consistently meets us in medias res; what does it mean for us and what can we learn?

June 2, 2024 | The Rev. Bowie Snodgrass | The Second Sunday after Pentecost

God gave us the wonderful gift of rest. In sabbath time, God rests with us, speaks to us, feeds and heals us so that we can be renewed. Choose sabbath!

May 26, 2024 | The Rev. Paul Keene | Trinity Sunday

God has always been a god of invitation. Today we engage the Trinity's invitation to contemplate and then to proclaim. It’s about unity, not uniformity.