Author: Rector Helen

Since we will not be gathering in person for Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, we have creative ways for you to connect and participate.  Please plan on driving by St. Luke’s on Tuesday to pick up your Ash Wednesday and Lent materials which will be available in the breezeway.  Here’s a bit more information about … Continue reading Prepare to Participate in Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday

I know it’s not like this for all preachers, but for me the process of creating a sermon is rarely easy.  I read and pray over the scriptures.  I spend time finding out what other wise people have thought about the passages.  I pray and write and pray and write.  I often end up with … Continue reading Creating a Sermon

In the first handful of months of the pandemic, much was written about Zoom Fatigue.  It is much harder to sit in a day’s worth of Zoom meetings than it is to meet in person.  All those people on the screen looking at you.  Seeing your face up close for hours on end.  So many … Continue reading Virtually Integrating

I’ve mentioned to you before how this pandemic has required that Kaye and I learn so many new skills that previously weren’t part of our job.  Zoom and worship recording and editing and epidemiology and so much more. Now that we are in mid-to-late pandemic, in 2021 I will be working on learning a whole … Continue reading Building Resilience

The Lectionary invites us to begin each calendar year to reflect on beginnings.  The Christmas 1 gospel reading for every year comes from the first lines of John’s Gospel,  “In the beginning there was the Word;the Word was in God’s presence, and the Word was God.The Word was present to God from the beginning,and apart … Continue reading Your Word for 2021