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Walk in Love – St. Paul’s Weekly Update

Dear Friends:   Walk in Love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. [Ephesians 5:2]   Buddhist monks walked through North Carolina — through sleet, in the snow. This was one leg of their journey from Texas to Washington DC, a nationwide procession for peace.…

Good Intentions

In the late 1980s, I worked in the fitness industry and my managers made it clear that January was about capitalizing on intentions. Read more in this week’s letter…

The Gift is Now

During this annual transition from “what has been” to “what will be,” I prefer to remember that we are still very much living within the twelve days of the Christmas.

God is With Us

From Kelly Latimore Icons:   “The Christian community, therefore, is that community that freely becomes oppressed, because they know that Jesus himself has defined humanity’s liberation in the context of what happens to the little ones. Christians join the cause of the oppressed in the fight for justice not because of some philosophical principle of…

A Candid Reflection on Stewardship

The annual giving campaign is the time of year we ask those who are able to make a financial pledge, essential to our vestry’s budget planning for the coming year. This week’s story reminds us that each and every person is welcomed and celebrated as part of St. Paul’s, even when they can’t pledge. Today’s…