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A Season of Simplicity
In this season of Advent, when consumerism is at peak frenzy, the church lives a season of simplicity, simplifying worship and song.
The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field
The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field is the rector of St. Peter's Church.
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The Gender of God
One of the things we at St. Peter’s have been working on is making the language in our worship services less gender specific (male) and more expansive (using expanded images for God).
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Do Not Lose Heart
I have been watching with increasing horror the spectacle of children being separated from their parents at the border of the United States. Families, most of whom are desperate and fleeing violence, arrive on our...
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Rest and Reconnect this Summer
In the middle of the program year at church, often around February, I start to dream of the summer. Those days when the pace of life will be slower, when there will be less going...
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Encountering God in the Churchyard
On Earth Day, April 22, instead of a usual sermon, the Rev. Claire Nevin-Field invited St. Peter’s parishioners to go outside in the churchyard to think and pray about God’s creation. As those of you...
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God Created All
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. (Psalm 24:1) Sunday, April 22 is Earth Day, and while that is not on the official Church calendar, the idea behind it is all over the...
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The Cross is Not the End
Once again we find ourselves at the beginning of Holy Week; walking the last days of Jesus’ life in our services, watching at the foot of the cross, waiting while he lies in the the...
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A No-Palm Palm Sunday
If you come to church on Palm Sunday (March 25) you will notice something quite different. This year, instead of using palms, we will be using local grasses. Why? Even though we have been using...
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It’s All About Love
This year, in a somewhat unusual occurrence, Ash Wednesday and St. Valentine’s Day coincide. For some, this is a really bizarre juxtaposition: we celebrate the romantic love we may share with another human being on...
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Say Yes this Advent
Dear Siblings in Christ, I am one of those people who is never thrilled with the end of daylight savings time. I am not a fan of shortened days. This year it feels particularly rough;...