Justin Appel

Posted on December 11, 2024

Dear Friends, Today’s reading from Isaiah (chapter 13, verses 1-13) has me contemplating musical expressions of God’s glory. This famous passage relates Isaiah’s vision of God, in…

Fr Matthew Reese

Posted on December 10, 2024

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the…

Deacon Leah Sandwell-Weiss

Posted on December 9, 2024

Dear friends, Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their…

Fr Robert Hendrickson

Posted on December 8, 2024

Dear Friends in Christ, As we move through Advent I find myself just catching up to it. I am suddenly aware that Christmas is closing in…

Elizabeth Wood

Posted on December 7, 2024

Dear friends, I like to think of myself as a competent driver; I’ve been driving a long time with a pretty clean record. (Okay a FEW…

Jordan Paul

Posted on December 6, 2024

And by Love, in this context, most of us mean kindness—the desire to see others than the self happy; not happy in this way or in…

Shirin McArthur

Posted on December 5, 2024

May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience. —Colossians 1:11…

Justin Appel

Posted on December 4, 2024

Dear Friends, Today is the feast day of Saint John of Damascus, an eighth-century Syrian church father known for the many hymns attributed to his name,…

Fr Matthew Reese

Posted on December 3, 2024

Dear Friends, On Sunday, we began the season of Advent—but you wouldn’t know it from the lessons. Next Sunday, on Advent II, we will hear “the…

Deacon Tom Lindell

Posted on December 2, 2024

My brothers and sisters, Many of us live in a Black or White world that offers the false security of certainty. However, there are many shades of Gray in…