“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 ...
These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the ...
Dear friends in Christ, Today we observe the Feast of the Annunciation. Since we cannot be physically together in our lovely church, looking at our beautiful Annunciation stained glass window ...
Rector’s Reflection March 2020 Our Ash Wednesday liturgy includes an invitation to a holy Lent. It concludes: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance ...