New Life Episcopal Church

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06/01/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

This is my wish for the days that remain … and perhaps yours, if you would have it so … the words of William Henry Channing, reformer and clergyman, 1810-1884: “To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common -- this is my symphony.”

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

05/25/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

My mother, Dorothy Dell Dennison, and her sister Lucy, were trained artists. My mother was a 1930 graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. That year, they packed their easels and supplies and drove deep into Mexico. They sketched and painted landscapes in the wilds, and returned with their old Nash packed with paintings. I later learned that they had taken with them an ancient Maltby Henley pistol, patented in 1888. I could not but ask, whatever was that for? My mother shrugged … a tool of the artist’s trade … when walking the desert or sleeping in the car.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

05/18/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

Another birthday is in my rearview mirror. Mercifully, my good health remains. Getting elderly has its rewards, though I’ve not had anyone hold the door for me. Lately, I have had renewed recollections of Jesus’ words … words long known to me though not appreciated: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you … You cannot serve both God and money … Pray for your enemies …” Words return to me as I walk down the street … as I do chores … Jesus living and working among us … in our midst … the Jesus of every day … the simple graces … loving us always.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

We welcome you to join us for our Taizé service tomorrow evening at 7pm with a guided meditation instruction beginning a...
05/16/2026

We welcome you to join us for our Taizé service tomorrow evening at 7pm with a guided meditation instruction beginning at 6:45. Begin your week with peaceful song, silent meditation and readings to fill your soul. Classical guitarist Adam Keeler provides our musical accompaniment.

05/11/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

My father had sailed the coast of Maine and the islands of the Caribbean. He knew about the sea. When I was a boy, he took me to a rustic and rundown ship museum somewhere along the coast of Maine. There were perhaps fifty paintings of ships under sail. Some ships sailed stormy seas, the captain standing the foredeck, fierce wind, cresting waves. My father told me that these paintings were intended for the captains who had braved the fearsome seas. The paintings of cargo-laden ships, plying calm waters? Those were painted for the merchants who owned the ships.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

05/04/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath [Penguin Edition, p.419] … In the 1930’s, the Joad Family has been forced out of Depression-era Oklahoma only to find themselves destitute and desperate in rural California. Tom Joad has been in prison and must now make his way alone. His parting words to his mother:

“Maybe … a fella ain’t got a soul of his own, but on’y a piece of a big one … I’ll be all aroun’ in the dark. I’ll be ever’where — wherever you look. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there … I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’ — I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry an’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build — why, I’ll be there.”

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

04/27/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

Of my ministry, people sometimes warn me, “Be careful! People take advantage!” Or, “There’s no end to the schemes and the scams.” Only days ago, someone told me, “A man asked me for money. Said he was hungry. I gave him a five dollar bill and he went and got into a Cadillac and drove off. Can you believe it?” Maybe … not really … who knows? My own faith remains, that there is a grand plan for a happier world and a peaceful life for all. Until then, I’ll make do and give what I can … along with a kind word.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

04/20/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

I shared these words some years ago … words I still don’t entirely understand. In my own way, as a follower of Jesus, I have tried to live out these words. I’ve not always succeeded but, on balance, I expect I've done more good than harm. I have received more than I’ve given. These are the words: “One may become a Living Parable as one’s life becomes more and more conformed to the life of Jesus, so that one’s life both instructs and puzzles the wider society. Parabolic living and witnessing the gospel give us the power to transform to lives.”*

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

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*Paraphrased from The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching, December, 2008.

04/13/2026

=== Deacon's Dismissal ===

We all have ministries, by whatever name we may call them … care of a sick or lonely person … volunteer at a charity … help change a flat tire. I was asked, “What are your ministries?” I’ve had many, though one in particular remains especially meaningful to me. So I said, “I visit men on death row.” No reply was forthcoming. My questioner departed. I stood alone in the room. For years, I visited men on death row. Now I visit only one. Harsh prison living and old age carried the other men away. Peace to them now, and God’s mercy always.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!

Josh

We warmly invite you to join us this evening at 7pm for a meditative, candle lit Taizé prayer service.
04/12/2026

We warmly invite you to join us this evening at 7pm for a meditative, candle lit Taizé prayer service.

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