“Do you love me? Feed my sheep.” (Jesus speaking to Peter, John 21:15-17) If we love Jesus, Jesus asks us to live into that love through concrete action in the ...
April 1, 2022 What a wonderful spirit of celebration and community we had last Sunday with Bishop Lucinda’s visitation! With those being confirmed and reaffirmed, we renewed our Baptismal Covenant, ...
Dear friends in Christ, In the flurry of preparation for Lent and looking ahead to Holy Week, it hit me today that although I have been with you for nearly ...
Dear friends in Christ, This week we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, remembering the travelers from the east who followed the star to Bethlehem. “When they saw that the ...
Rector’s Reflection December 2021 “The Holy Spirit, She will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the one born will be holy.” (Luke ...
Rector’s Reflection – November 2021 “It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Almighty God, maker of heaven and earth...” This ...
Rector’s Reflection October 2021 Over the past couple of weeks, as the skies have been clear and the days are shortening, I have been grateful to watch the sun rise. ...
Dear friends in Christ, Paul wrote to the Philippians: “The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let ...
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 ...