Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio I am getting ready for my sabbatical. It starts in a month and a half and will last throughout the summer months. This is my first sabbatical since I was ordained in 1999, because I have never stayed in a church long enough to get one. […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio Poor Thomas. He will be remembered all his life as a doubter, just because he asked a question that many of us would have asked in his situation. Diana Butler Bass — reflecting on the fact that this famous resurrection story featuring Thomas is read […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio There is a series on Netflix right now entitled Surviving Death. It is actually a six-part documentary that examines life after death by journalist Leslie Kean. Kean is also a medium, but she approaches this phenomenon quite objectively. The documentary includes the work of scholars at […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio Palm Sunday. The day that Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly. Every year, one week before Easter, we celebrate this event — the day that Jesus was proclaimed by throngs of people as the conquering King of kings and Lord of lords. Each year, when we commemorate this […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio You could do a lot worse than the Book of Psalms as a resource for Lenten reflections. The Psalms offer words of praise as well as lament, words of thanksgiving as well as pleas for mercy. There is a reason why people love the 23rd Psalm […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio If you were to make a list of the Bible verses people have memorized the most, John 3:16 would be in the top three, if it wasn’t number one. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio When I was working on my Masters in English at Northeastern University, I took a course with Prof. Mary Loeffelholz. Dr. Loeffelholz is a world-renowned Emily Dickinson scholar, and, on the surface, she is a lot like Emily Dickinson, at least the way I imagine the […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio William Shakespeare wrote, ““What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Actually, this is Juliet speaking of Romeo, saying that he would be just as handsome a man if he had a different name. She would love him […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio Last year, Lent began on February 26: about two weeks before the world as we know it went into lockdown mode. The Coronavirus had swept through Asia and Europe and had finally infected America. People started wearing masks. Some wore rubber gloves and face shields. People […]
Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2021, Dr. Tamilio According to verse ten of the Psalm we read for today, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” The fear of the Lord. Being a God-fearing man (or woman). We hear such phrases a lot, and I can see why they are such […]