Aug 14, 2017 | Blog |
Today, August 14th, is the feast day of Maximillian Kolbe and Jonathan Myrick Daniels. You probably have never heard of either of these saints, but I could not imagine two better saints to speak into our current national strife. Their stories come from the not too...
Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Thirty-seven. That’s how many consecutive Sundays I have been at Trinity. Week in and week out, I have joined with you to worship God, to pray for our community and world, to share in the body and blood of Christ, and to be sent out into the world as disciples of...
Jul 7, 2017 | Blog |
Since I started as your rector almost 8 months ago, we have walked through all the major feasts and fasts of the Christian year together. We began with the celebration of All Saints and the longing of Advent through the celebration of the Christ-child at Christmas....
Jun 10, 2017 | Blog |
This Sunday begins a series of three feast days in the church year. These three feast days are deeply connected to one another. Today we celebrate the feast of the Ascension. Technically, the feast of the Ascension occurred on Thursday. We are told in Acts 1:3 that...
May 22, 2017 | Blog |
Every summer as part of my vacation planning, I pick out two or three books that I want to read on vacation. This summer I am looking forward to reading a novel by Walker Percy and a collection of short stories by Flannery O’Connor. Sometimes I choose fun novels...
Feb 27, 2017 | Blog |
In the church I grew up in, the ashes used for Ash Wednesday came from the palms of Palm Sunday. It was a real labor of love on the part of the altar guild. You wouldn’t think that ashes are difficult to make, but actually it’s an involved process. You don’t get a lot...
