Dear Members and Friends of St. Paul’s, Merry Christmas! Christmas, of course, lasts 12 days until January 6, so you may still be reading this during the Christmas season. I pray that you and your family and friends had a blessed Christmas celebration and New Year’s....
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Waiting. We spend so much of our lives waiting. Waiting for the end of the school day or workday. Waiting for dinnertime. Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for vacation. Waiting for special events. Waiting in line. Waiting for...
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Mighty God of mercy we thank you for the resurrection dawn, bringing the glory of our risen Lord who makes every day new. Especially we thank you— For the sustaining goodness of your creation, For the new creation in Christ and all...
Dear Friends and Family of St. Paul’s, We celebrate Reformation Sunday each year on the last Sunday in October. Officially, Reformation Day falls on October 31. But what’s the point? Why do we celebrate this day? On the one hand, Reformation Day celebrates the work of...
Dear St. Paul’s Friends, As summer winds down and the school year winds up, I am reminded of a story I received from a friend. A chaplain intern at a hospital visited her first room of the day. It was an old man with a chronic disease and his wife sitting...
Friends in Christ, What an exciting month we had in July! For me, July was full of all kinds of activities with our St. Paul’s youth! Earlier in July, I was blessed to be able to spend a week with our High School youth serving and exploring in the Virginia and...
Dear Members and Friends of St. Paul’s, When I lived in Illinois and Michigan, we always joked that there were really only two seasons in the year: winter and construction season. It seems that as soon as the snow melts, the orange cones are out on the roads, ready...
Dear Church, God calls us to be disciples, but what does that mean? Often times we think about prayer, generosity, worship and service as the primary acts of discipleship. However, during the summer, these discipleship practices often get left on the back-burner as we...
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, During the seasons of Lent and Easter this year, I’ve been reflecting on Communion. Over the last two years, some congregations have gone without the sacrament in times when they could not worship in person, others have explored...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Holy Week is my favorite week of the church year. The stories, the emotions, the meals, the symbols, and the music all come together for an incredibly meaningful and moving week of worship. Gathered together in community for this most...