A sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Luke 10:38-42 There are many things to distract us today. We live in a world where literally anything can be found on a high speed computer that we carry in our pocket. We can connect with people we know (or don’t) who are far flung all across … Continue reading first
Month: July 2019
radically welcoming holy play
A weekly Rector's Notes Article, July 15, 2019 Part of our work as a community of faithful people is creating a worshiping space that is radically welcoming to all people, regardless of age or ability. There are conversations to be had in the future about how we can become more accessible given the constraints of … Continue reading radically welcoming holy play
naming the Samaritan today
A sermon for the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Luke 10:25-37 It is often helpful to reframe the stories of the gospels into our own contemporary understanding. To take the story from 2000 years ago and make it relatable to current events, cultural understanding, language that we use and relate to now. This can be especially … Continue reading naming the Samaritan today
pastoral care
A weekly Rector's Notes article, July 8, 2019 One of the important components of being a community of people who not only come together to worship in one space, but truly come together to be a part of each other's lives, to lift up and support one another throughout every stage and event of life, … Continue reading pastoral care
power & responsibility
A sermon for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 “With great power comes great responsibility.” This one sentence, spoken by Uncle Ben to a newly bitten Peter Parker in the first Spider-Man film from 2002, helped launch the modern Superhero film genre that recently culminated in Avengers: Endgame and the most recent Spider-Man … Continue reading power & responsibility