As we come to the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, I find myself getting overwhelmed with emotion more often. I met with a group of clergywomen yesterday and we read a portion from Exodus. It almost took my breath away when I thought of this passage as a metaphor for our past year: “As Pharaoh … Continue reading Walking on Dry Ground
Prepare to Participate in Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday
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
Carefully Choose Your Lenten Practice
Ash Wednesday is on the 17th. Less than 2 weeks away. It’s time to begin thinking about your Lenten Practice. And this year, it is necessary to take some extra time to find something that is just right. No matter who we are and how we’ve lived through the past year, we ALL are weary … Continue reading Carefully Choose Your Lenten Practice
Creating a Sermon
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
Virtually Integrating
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
Building Resilience
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
Your Word for 2021
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
Advent 3: Hope
It’s Advent 3, the Pink Candle week. The week of Hope. And in my own life, too, there has been much hope. Here are a few moments I’ve noticed: Giving out Share Your Christmas to the families in our programs this year. I am so grateful for the generous donations from so many St. Lukers. … Continue reading Advent 3: Hope
Chronos and Kairos
Madeleine L’Engle introduced me to the concepts of Chronos and Kairos time when I first read her books as a preteen. Chronos is clock time, measurable time. But Kairos is God’s time. Kairos is where God can be both at the beginning of creation and with us in this moment at the same time. Kairos … Continue reading Chronos and Kairos
A Generous Week
This week has been a wonderful week in giving. And one of the gifts of being a Rector is getting to know about both the big and the small moments of generosity in our congregation. I thought it would be nice to share with you what a generous week looks like. First, our pledge campaign … Continue reading A Generous Week
