[sermon url=”//www.buzzsprout.com/22019/219674-practicing-resurrection.mp3″ static=”true”] Read Wendell Berry’s Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front. I recently had the privilege of being on retreat for a few days at a beautiful place where there are acres of forests and fields all sloping down to a wide river. There is pretty much no cell phone service and no internet connection …
[sermon url=”//www.buzzsprout.com/22019/212359-god-s-love-story.mp3″ static=”true”] Genesis 1:1-13 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God …
From October 12 to November 23 our worship will hold up different aspects of God’s Creation in our readings, hymns, prayers and preaching. We will think about how we are connected to all life on this beautiful blue and green jewel of a planet.
This year, church school for grades 1-6 will follow a new, comprehensive three-year Episcopal curriculum called Weaving God’s Promises. This first year is called Weaving Our Faith and focuses on: The story of our salvation and our story from the fall of humankind to our redemption by Jesus Christ and how we fit into this …
Humans are, in a sense, a collection of stories-stories about what has happened to us and about who we are. Our stories can be fairly accurate reflections or they can be a little, or even more than a little, off base. Sometimes, if we are lucky, others will point out to us when our inner story seems to be out of whack with our outer story. But sometimes not and we, both as individuals and as institutions fumble on cocooned in our own mythical narrative-harboring a blind spot that threatens to engulf us.
This summer we will spend some time getting to know some of the lesser known women of the Bible. Each week the Bible passages featuring the “Woman of the Week” will be posted here for you to read as well as some background information and a brief reflection.
On March 28, members of the St. Peter’s Eat, Pray, Laugh group gathered at Wapiti, our Diocesan retreat center in Maryland, for a weekend of prayer and reflection. One of the attendees, Barbara Tobin, wrote this account of the experience: “Pouring rain, a roaring fire, a panoramic view of the Chesapeake, good Christian friends, good …
Lent is in some ways not an easy season to talk about with children. It doesn’t have the anticipation and joy of Advent and Christmas. It doesn’t have a cute little baby, or a pageant with angels, shepherds and animals. It doesn’t have the promise of presents under a tree. It has a certain dryness—a …
As Michelle Liese writes, “worshiping as a family sounds great in theory, in practice, it can be tough to pull off”. There are ways, however, to pull this off. For toddlers through pre-schoolers this is best accomplished by helping them feel like an important part of the church community. For those of you who go …
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