Message from the Sr. Warden Perhaps one of the most important things we can learn from the current state of affairs is that there are some things over which we have no control. That’s hard to accept, especially for those of us that live with the illusion that we are in control. Losing...
Message from the Sr. Warden No one comes to me for gardening advice for a very good reason. I currently have spots in my garden where I can’t even get weeds to grow. We moved here in July of ’08 at which time I promptly planted some azaleas. As I live and breathe, those two bushes...
What is the difference between fear and being afraid? I am unreasonably, inexplicably, irrevocably, unconditionally, wholeheartedly afraid of spiders. Always have been. I don’t know why but their creepy, hairy-legged bodies that appear out of nowhere (on the bath towel slung...
Message from the Sr. Warden For many years, the church I attended in Joplin had a 24-hour Prayer Vigil on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. Beginning on Saturday morning, folks would sign up in 30-minutes intervals to sit quietly in the church chapel and pray. There was someone in the chapel...
Join us on the St. Theodore's Facebook page this Sunday, March 29th, at 10:00 AM for Morning Prayer You can use your Book of Common Prayer or go to BCPonline.com to download Morning Prayer Rite II. Join fellow parishioners Colleen Whitney and Chris Schaefer as we all come together to pray...
With all church services and activities cancelled until further notice -- including our monthly Messenger newsletter -- our Thursday "Parish Announcements" will be the primary way we communicate updates to our parish family. "Parish Announcements" will be published here on the Blog page, on the...
Services are canceled; meetings are re-scheduled; doors are locked; offerings are not put in the plate; staff works from home; daycare centers and after school programs in some churches will be discontinued until further notice. The list of disruptions goes on and on. These are all...
“Walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God.” I say these words each Sunday as we begin the transition from the Liturgy of the Word to the Liturgy of the Table - not that the two are separate in my mind - they are two parts of a...
When I arrived at St. Theodore’s there was a painting (I think in the Library) that is a depiction of Jesus laughing. Now his laugh wasn’t just a smiling chuckle. It was a throw your head back, mouth wide open, from the belly, boisterous laugh. While I am not partial to such...
The month of July has been just berserk for me and my family. Planning for Arts Camp, working on curricula for Christian education, daily ins and outs, and of course, my father’s death. As I told Ivee a few days ago (I think that’s when it was anyway), “July has been so long I...