What is it about being Eastered that changes us? How are we changed? What are we doing about it? What, as a community of Christ’s followers—Resurrection believers—are we doing about it in our community? How does that change the world?
We are called to be the beloved community. We are called, especially during this season of Lent, to reconcile with God and with each other.
On Sunday, January 28th we held our 38th Annual Parish Meeting. The parish hall was full of St. Theodorians and as always there was plenty of food to go around. We began with a presentation of our budget for 2018 and had discussion about trends and realities we were facing financially as a...
He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all...
Dear Friends, I hope you have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas-tide and a Happy New Year. We have celebrated with great joy the news of the Messiah born into this world, and now we begin the journey of finding out what it means for God to be among us. This journey, of course, leads to the cross...
Darkness. Light. Hope. Watching. Waiting. This is what we are doing at Advent. We stand in darkness, looking, watching, waiting, hoping. But for what, for whom? We wait for a baby born in Bethlehem over two thousand years ago. Yet, somehow we celebrate the presence of God with us here and now...
“Be Prepared.” Isn’t that the Boy Scout motto? When I was a kid, I never quite understood the Boy Scouts. In fact, I never saw that many of them. When you live in the country, there is no need to get all excited about going to the country to spend a night in a tent. Camping...
Friends, the article below is from writer/blogger Jamie Bruesehoff and was first published in September of 2013. I feel it is important for each of us to read as we grow and transform here at St. Theodore’s. Two of the top three priorities from the Holy Cow report which helped inform the...
The devastating hurricanes that struck Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico recently have left many people with a sincere desire to help yet uncertain as to the most helpful course of action to take. In response to these needs, the Episcopal churches of Bella Vista, Bentonville and Rogers have joined...
A podcast I listen to was recently talking about the spiritual journey of a person’s life. The priest being interviewed began to speak about his childhood, growing up in the Missionary Baptist Church and how he experienced hearing Scripture in church. He talked about his hearing of the...