The season of giving thanks is upon us or at least that is what our culture tells us. While this time of year is special and should be enjoyed, we should also be continually giving thanks to God for all things in our lives. The General Thanksgiving from Morning Prayer says, We bless you for...
Before I became wiser, I hated the sound of church organs. In my home church we had a Hammond with little slide things that were pulled or pushed in order to change the sound. They didn't make much of a difference that I could tell and the organ always sounded like mush. The organ function is...
As the hints of fall begin to appear and the beauty of God’s creation springs forth with color and cooler weather, I hope that you will take time to notice.
The following is why I find the Episcopal services a good fit.
We are people meant to live in community, meant to share our lives. In ages past, to offer the stranger, the traveler who showed up at your door a place to stay and to keep them safe was the norm. It was expected.
Come sit with me on Sunday, any Sunday. You’ll see why I love St. Theodore’s. I look forward to a bit of quiet time before the service begins. I give thanks for the people in the pews around us. As they did when you arrived today, they’ve each greeted me with...
We are a church that believes that God created each of us out of love and that we are to share that same love with everyone. That is the mission of the church as a whole - to welcome each other with the radical grace, love and compassion that Jesus did.
Caring is so much a part of what makes us human. When we stop caring, we lose a big chunk of our humanness.
It is imperative that, as Christians, we remember that we have each taken vows to “Strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.”
Sojourner’s magazine and daily online publication posted an article titled 8 Sayings Christians Use to Let Ourselves Off the Hook, by Natalie Patton. Patton wrote the article in August of 2017, and either I have been out of touch for a bit, or the article has just recently trickled down to...