Dear friends in Christ, We had all hoped that by this time, the pandemic would be yesterday’s news, and we would be gathering freely, without masks or fear. It seemed, ...
June 24, 2021 Dear friends in Christ, Change is hard. Shutting everything down when the pandemic began was hard. This new phase of re-opening is hard, too. Worship isn’t ...
Dear friends in Christ, The tide is rising, and has been for a while now. We are no longer in some vague middle of the pandemic, unsure if things are ...
“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom.” These are the opening words of Isaiah 35, foretelling the joy in store when the ...
February 2, 2021 Dear friends in Christ, Today is the Feast of the Presentation, also known as Candlemas. It is also Groundhog Day. Did you know they’re related? Candlemas is ...
Happy New Year! Last year was a time of change for all of us here at St. Mary’s. None of us could have foreseen last January 1 what 2019 would ...
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:5) On All Saints’ Day, a few of us were able to gather in person in ...
“True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction.” (Psalm 23:3, The Message) Our Vestry meetings begin with a devotional time, so ...
Every summer, my family spends three weeks watching the Tour de France. Over 23 days, 170 or so riders tackle 21 different stages, totaling around 2000 miles. The Tour combines ...
By Scott Taylor Recently I watched Akira Kurosawa’s classic movie Ikiru. He made it in 1952, which was a complicated time as Japan rebuilt their country under the influence of ...
Dear friends in Christ, In the sixth month of the pandemic, I am drawn to our Book of Common Prayer and the wisdom of those who have gone before us, ...
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and ...
Rector's Reflection July 2020 “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” At the end of each worship service, we are sent into the world with these words, or ...
Rector's Reflection June 2020 “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever ...
Rector’s Reflection May 2020 Dear friends in Christ, I have been reading the Acts of the Apostles this Easter season, as I hope many of you are. I find ...