Justin Appel

Posted on September 18, 2024

Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson, John 12:20-26, contains a familiar agricultural reference to signal a basic precept about the Christian life. One cannot follow Christ without first…

Fr Matthew Reese

Posted on September 17, 2024

“But God had created human beings to be full of light so that they could see the radiance of pure ether and hear the songs of…

Dcn Anne Strong

Posted on September 16, 2024

Isaiah 49: 1-6Matthew 28:16-20 My dear Sisters and Brothers, One of the probing questions asked of a parishioner in the Bell &Tower is “what is one…

Fr Robert Hendrickson

Posted on September 15, 2024

Dear Friends in Christ, Yesterday we held our fall staff retreat. We reviewed lots of history, drawing out a timeline of the last eight years. What…

Mtr Mary Trainor

Posted on September 14, 2024

The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth,One is nearer God’s heart in a gardenThan anywhere else on earth.* Dear friend,…

Douglas Hickey

Posted on September 13, 2024

“He reconciled them both [Jews and Gentiles] as one body to God by the cross, which ended the hostility to God.” —Ephesians 2:16, CEB Brothers and…

Kelsi Vanada

Posted on September 12, 2024

“We will tell to the coming generationthe glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,and the wonders that he has done.” —Psalm 78:4 Dear Friends, Our new…

Justin Appel

Posted on September 11, 2024

Dear Friends, Today’s lessons contain the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in John 11:1-16. Read it here. This story is so important that…