As we gather for worship today we heard stories of Jacob (rightly) running for his life and God meeting him with a promise of providence. We were also reminded that God knows everything about us (and still wants to be in a relationship with us) and that God will let us be until the harvest-time […]
In worship we heard stories of real life: Jesus promising that there would be trials, the we should go out trusting that God would provide our need as we share the good news – the kingdom of God has come near, and God’s response to our disbelief. We heard Sarah laugh when God said she […]
We have been blessed to celebrate the last Sunday after Pentecost in our liturgical year and prepare for the coming year with the First Sunday of Advent next week. But, in order to not get ahead of ourselves we are firmly focused on the “unofficial” celebration of Christ the King Sunday. The readings this morning […]
Today was a day that begins to bring our liturgical year to an end and, not surprisingly much of our readings had a focus on the coming end times and the restoration of creation by God. In our New Testament reading we heard Paul tell the Thessalonians that they should not grow weary doing what […]
The work we do on the physical plant of the church is a celebration of the life of our Parish. The life we live is a reflection of the presence of God in our lives and in our community. As with most churches, the life of our Parish and Congregation is marked with “successes” and […]
We looked at a smattering of scripture today – all the way from Habakkuk to Luke’s story of Zacchaeus. It is interesting to note that there are a lot of assumptions made in the Gospel story based on appearances: Zacchaeus is an outcast because he is a tax collector, he is short, implicitly he is […]
An image to offer as we reflect on scripture: watching favorite movies for the “100th” time. We watch our favorite movies, even though we know the movie doesn’t change because there’s always something to pick up in the favorite story of old. The bible is no different. Even though we “know the finish” – God […]
Our readings today focused on teaching and knowing God. Most of our knowledge of God comes through Scripture – not always because the Scripture adequately describes God, but because Scripture provides insight into the person of God. Our Hebrew Scripture writer, Jeremiah, was trying to convince Israel that – while they were all going to […]
While the readings shared a common focus on the phenomenon of the Lament there was a thread in the gospel and the collect of the day that spoke to faith and being stewards of God’s bounty. As Bishop Holly reminded us today, our fear often keeps us from being faithful in our dealing with God. […]
Our scripture today took us on a journey of hope – where we find our hope, why we should have hope, and the assurance we have that God is trustworthy now and in the future because God has been trustworthy in our past. We were reminded that it is in relationships and simplicity that true […]