Category: Rector’s blog

After twenty-some years, the brick walkway in front of our house had become a danger for visitors.  Trees had grown, water channels had eroded, and bricks had heaved and sunk.  What was once a beautiful, welcoming path had become a hazard.  So this week, Shawn pulled up all the bricks to expose the foundation. And … Continue reading Rebuilding from the Ground Up

This phase of the global pandemic reminds me of the end of the flood story in Genesis.  The narrative we’re most familiar with is the “Forty days and forty nights.”  But, like so many of the stories in our Bible, there is actually more than one version of the story about Noah and the Flood.  … Continue reading The End of the Flood

As I was preparing myself to get St. Luke’s nimbly prepared for the state’s new loosened mandates about COVID safety coming out on June 1st, I was caught off-guard by this week’s announcements that masks would no longer be required by the state when we are outdoors in small gatherings.   The diocese has provided guidance: … Continue reading Taking it Slow

This week, our Vestry started the work of looking at who we have been as a church, who we really are now, and who God wants us to become.  We began by having each of us remember what was going on in our own lives, in the world and at St. Luke’s when we started … Continue reading Then and Now

Ephesians 3:14b talks about growing into “maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.”  This bible verse has come related to multiple situations this week.  I’ve been thinking about maturity a lot, and our call as Christians to mature more and more. One spectrum of maturity is moving from “rights” to “responsibilities.”  When … Continue reading Growing into “Maturity, to the Measure of the Full Stature of Christ”

This week in our Lenten Program “Meeting God in Books” we discussed Abraham Joshuah Heschel’s work “The Sabbath.”  We spoke about how even God needed Sabbath.  And we noticed something more.  In the story of creation, we all know that God rested on the 7th day.  But one of our group mentioned that, in daily … Continue reading Easter Season Spiritual Practice

This past year has been a year like no other in our lives.  We all have changed our lives in massive ways.  And now, as the vaccine rollouts are moving so quickly, we can see and end to these terrible days. What we are moving into is not simply the way things use to be, … Continue reading Both/And Solidarity

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

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