Grace and peace from the Rector’s Study on the second Sunday of Advent. It has been a good first week of Advent, we began a study of the “Virtual Preaching Monks” on Wednesday and had some good and probing conversation. We will continue this coming Wednesday with the study. You should stop by and see […]
In worship we celebrated the beginning of our new year. Our collect served as a waypoint for our journey, painting a picture that describes our human condition – being in a place of darkness (and growing darkness) but knowing that light lies ahead. Our psalmist sang a song of joy and praise to God. We […]
In worship, we celebrated the Last Sunday after Pentecost – sometimes called, Christ the King Sunday. We were reminded that all things are restored to their native being through the work and presence of Jesus, the King of kings. We were also reminded that humanity is divided but can be made whole through the work […]
As we returned to the “standard” lectionary in worship today we began the preparation for Advent with the statement from the Collect writer, that scripture has been caused to be formed for us to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. In our diving into scripture, God offers us a glimpse into the heavenly realm on […]
In worship we are reminded that the saints in our midst are a model of God’s love and mercy. Our collect writer paints the picture of a Christian community as one that shares communion and fellowship as a reminder of our part of the greater body of Christ. We are joined to build ourselves into […]
In worship we were reminded that our ability to offer true and meaningful service to all depends solely on God’s gift to us. Otherwise, we might find that we stumble as we strive for the heavenly promises offered by God. Thankfully, God’s grace is more than sufficient for us. Our Psalmist sang the song that […]
As we worshipped today, we asked God to remind us and instill in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity, in order to be more aware of God’s promises made to us at God’s command. Our mission is to ask believing that we already have been provided God’s blessings. Our Hebrew scripture was the […]
As we gathered for worship we continued our journey with the questions of life for our church and our community. In our scripture today we saw that questions and assumptions aren’t a deal-breaker with God. Our collect encouraged us to remember that God’s glory has been revealed to the world and that our mission as […]
As we worshipped today we began with a prayer that God’s grace would precede and follow us. But we have been assured that God’s grace is always present, even if we don’t see it. God’s grace is what gives us hope for the future. Our lesson today from Hebrew Scripture was from the book of […]
In worship we greeted worship with the reminder that God is more ready to answer our prayers than we are ready to ask for God’s assistance. We are also reminded that God knows and will freely give what we need if we ask. Our portion of Hebrew Scripture was taken from the opening chapters of […]