Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Today we read all but the last four verses of the Letter to Philemon – which is the shortest Epistle in the New Testament. For all that it is short, it has had an outsized influence…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. We are nearly half-way through Ordinary Time – this long season after Pentecost that spans nearly half the year. It is a season of growth and study when we walk chronologically through one of the synoptic…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. The beginning of Luke’s Gospel proclaims that Jesus will “guide our feet into the way of peace” (1:79). Near the end of the Gospel, the resurrected Jesus appears among his friends and offers a benediction of…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. It is good to be back with you all here today. I am delighted to share that Vestry member Heather Albertson and I completed all the necessary work and reading, we passed the exam, and Friday evening…
Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Happy Pentecost! The word Pentecost comes from the Greek word for fiftieth – as this is the fiftieth and last day of the Easter season. Next week, with Trinity Sunday, we begin the nearly six…
Alleluia! Christ is risen! I need to start today by naming something essential to our walk as Christians. You probably noticed that when I read the Gospel moments ago, I changed the words “the Jews” to “the authorities” – so the sentence read: When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of…
Alleluia! Christ is risen! Happy Easter! Today is the culmination of 40 day journey through the season of Lent, and a trek through Holy Week – from Palm Sunday last Sunday, to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday last night. And now here we are – finally celebrating the resurrection. The resurrection is the climax of the story we’ve…
Tonight we continue our journey through the three great days of the church year – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday – that lead us to Easter morning. Every year we tell the same stories, which are, in essence, one love story, told in three parts. Tonight we pick up with – A Love Story, Part 2. +++ Last night,…
Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Tonight we begin the three great days of the church year – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday – that lead us to Easter morning. Every year we tell the same stories, which are, in essence, one love story, told in three parts. Tonight…