Advent at St. Mark's
Advent is a real season and it has real gifts for all who embrace it.This is not an "all or nothing" matter. "Embracing" Advent may mean simply allowing some brief quiet times into an otherwise hectic...
View ArticleMen's Breakfast Group
This morning (Nov. 26) was Men's Breakfast Group. We gather twice a month and have a "big" breakfast (oatmeal, sausage, bagels, muffins, coffee, and cider this morning). We talk about the world and...
View ArticleBishop's Visit
The Right Rev. John Palmer Croneberger, our Bishop, visited St. Mark's on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 4. The visit coincided with the first snowfall of the season - so the day was even more...
View ArticleThis New Website
The newly-redesigned St. Mark's website is an amazing gift for our faith community and for people seeking information about St. Mark's, perhaps seeking a spiritual home.St. Mark's thrives on the gifts...
View ArticleTwo St. Mark's Advent Poems
St. Mark's is blessed by God with poets - people who can see and express reality and truth in a language that transcends the literal. (The literal is rarely true.) Soon there will be an 80th...
View ArticleBrokeback Mountain and the Church
From the RectorI just finished reading the short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, first published in the New Yorker. The story has been made into a recently-released film.The story is...
View ArticleAn Advent Retreat
From the RectorSunday through Wednesday this week I participated in an Advent retreat at Washington National Cathedral. Called Christ-Dayspring of Wisdom, it was led by our Presiding Bishop, the Most...
View ArticleTwenty Years of Ordained Life
From the RectorI was ordained in the third week of Advent in 1985, on a Thursday evening.As is often the case looking back, years seem to have flown. At the same time, I know very deeply how...
View ArticleSt. Mark's and the Township Council
From the RectorSince January I have been serving on the Teaneck Town Council, appointed to fill a seat of a Councilmember who made controversial statements about our Fire Department in an ongoing...
View ArticleServing Day Laborers, Expanding our Diversity
From the RectorFor quite a few months we have been serving a group of day laborers who gather in Bergenfield. About 50 men of Latin American origin gather in the site each day.We have been serving them...
View ArticleSunday Afternoons with Mozart
From the RectorWe are having a Sunday Afternoon with Mozart on Sunday, May 14, the third of three magnificent concerts organized by the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County and offered by the...
View ArticleBlessing Children
From the RectorWe are accustomed to hearing about the very simple and direct action of Jesus taking children into his arms, putting his hands on them and blessing them. We have a stained glass window...
View ArticleWhat Interests God?
"It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly interested in religion."William Temple, 98th Archbishop of CanterburyFrom the RectorThe great 20th century Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple,...
View ArticleWhat Do We Want to See?
From the RectorArriving in Jericho, Jesus comes upon a blind beggar named Bartimaeus. Though people try to get him to quiet down, Bartimaeus cries out for Jesus to pay attention to him.Jesus responds...
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Math Adventures and Word Play
One of the great programs around St. Mark's is Mathematics Adventures and Word Play - an educational outreach to children and youth in our region. Volunteers organize and tutor those who seek...
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North Porch Women & Infants' Centers to Benefit from June 25 Concert
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra with featured artist Anwar Robinson (American Idol Top Ten singer) will offer their 13th Annual Community Partners Concert on Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30 pm at the New...
View ArticleYou Gotta Problem?
St. Marks is a community of believers and seekers. The prayer chain is composed of people committed to pray for “necessities”, as the Bookof Common Prayer says, of others, for health and healing, for...
View ArticleWellness Series coming soon to St. Mark's
In recognition of his recent graduation from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York, our own Cleve Kersh will be presenting a series of summer weeknight workshops on different aspects of...
View ArticleFor Whom The Bells Toll
We toll our bell at 7 pm on days of executions, joining with houses of worship across the country to publicly witness against the death penalty the discriminates against the poor, undereducated,...
View ArticleThe Growing Food Crisis
Deacon Diane Riley writes: "The perfect sotrm of rising fuel costs, rising food costs and the economic challenges facing so many people have produced a shortage of food and donations and an increase in...
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