Grace Pritchard Burson

The God who needs us

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All Saints by the Lake Christmas Eve, Year B December 24, 2023 Amanda Seebeck as the Donkey in the Christmas Pageant, with her children Jack D’Entremont (shepherd) and Sarah D’Entremont (baby Jesus), December 17. *** And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no… View Post

The child in the rubble and John the Baptist

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All Saints by the Lake Advent II, Year B December 10, 2023 Munther Isaac is the pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank. Last Sunday, he posted a remarkable picture to his congregation’s Facebook account – the picture you can see in the slide accompanying this sermon. It shows this year’s Christmas crèche at Christmas Lutheran:… View Post

“On call” for Christ

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All Saints by the Lake Advent I, Year B December 3, 2023 [Robin Stuchbery, son of Ben (Incumbent in St.-Agathe and Arundel) and his wife Erica, who very politely waited to be born last December 18 until his parents’ doula had finished directing the Christmas pageant] It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and… View Post

Christ’s power, our power

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All Saints by the Lake Reign of Christ, Year A November 26, 2023 This is the sixth Reign of Christ Sunday that I’ve been at All Saints’ (although I haven’t preached every one of those, thanks to our excellent team of Lay Readers). If you’ve been taking notes on the sermons I have preached, though, you’ll have gathered that I’m… View Post

Life now, life then

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All Saints by the Lake Proper 32, Year A November 12, 2023 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever.  If you’re at all familiar with the “Left Behind” series or any of the… View Post