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Alleluia! He is Risen!
This Easter will be different for all of us. It will be hard not to be in the same place on Easter morning. However, through the marvels of technology, we hope to be able to...
The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field
The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field is the rector of St. Peter's Church.
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A Different Easter
This Easter will be unlike any we have experienced in our lifetimes. I’m struck by the number of Easters when I’ve walked into the church—watched all of you flood through the doors, and how I...
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Turn Toward the Warmth of God
The season of Lent, forty days in which we prepare ourselves for Easter, has been imagined in many different ways, some helpful and some not so much: an outward bound for the soul, a spring...
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Pray for Peace
In the last days we have celebrated the birth of Christ, the Prince of Peace, the one who said “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and who urged us to love our enemies. And we have watched...
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What is Christian Hope?
Advent is a season of waiting, of joyful anticipation, of hope. A season in which we make the home that is our soul ready for the Holy One to move into. And I know I...
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A Web of Life
It would be hard to avoid bad news about the environment in the last few months. Reports in newspapers and scientific magazines have highlighted the rapid pace of climate heating with resulting loss of glaciers,...
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Day One of the Pilgrimage
After months of planning and preparation, it is finally here. The pilgrimage begins this evening in Glasgow as the group gathers for dinner, then tomorrow, we are off for 4 days on the Isle of...
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The Story of Death and New Life
Easter is late this year—almost as late as it can occur—and I often find it harder to “walk” the events of Holy Week, the last week of Jesus’ earthly life, when spring is in full...