In worship, we ask to be more willing to answer the call from God to proclaim the good news to our world, in deed and word. But we are reminded that the work is not for our glory, but for God’s glory. The Epistle from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians stresses that God is […]
Merry Christmas on Christmas Eve 2021. We had a wonderful worship this evening in dramatically different conditions than last year – warm and pleasant as opposed to cold and rainy. Worship helped us remember the blessing of the birth of Jesus and all that it stands for. Thankfully, there was a good gathering to help […]
In worship we were reminded that we need God’s grace to accept God’s grace and the redemption provided by Jesus. Our collect reminds that Christ’s example leads us to follow the steps necessary for a holy life. Our reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans speaks to the vastness of God’s grace. The most recently […]
Merry Christmas! We celebrated the feast of the Nativity with a cozy service this evening. We were graced with a new voice reading during worship – and it was very good. It is nice to have parishioners test their wings on special evenings like this. It helped make the Christmas story new again. We focused […]
In worship we considered what we think it means to be bathed in God’s light and sacrament. But not just to be bathed in, but to actively share God’s light and sacrament. Our scripture reminded us today that we need both space and independence to function in the way God calls us to function; but […]
As we worship and hear the lessons for the Feast of the Epiphany we can be struck by the themes of light and awareness. We hear the worshipful and worship-filled interaction between the prophet Isaiah and his people, between Paul and his church in Ephesus, and the Magi from the east (not kings but wise […]