In her new book Prayer in the Night, author Tish Harrison Warren describes her experience of lying under the fluorescent lights of a hospital operating room, hemorrhaging from a miscarriage.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
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In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on the prayer practice known as lectio divina: “Practicing this kind of attention is counter-cultural. In a world of endless news cycles and constant distraction, I’ve found it to be an enriching and grounding endeavor.”
So an historian and a bishop walk into a room. Sounds like the beginning of a joke doesn’t it? But it’s not. Just a few days ago the historian Jon Meacham and Bishop Michael Curry sat down for a conversation on Religion and Democracy. I recommend it to you all. It is just under an hour in length, but well worth the…
In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on songwriting and the art of reading Scripture: “Sometimes, it is easier to find answers about how things work than to discover why things are the way they are… [Scripture] doesn’t always provide us clear answers, but it does help us ask better questions.”
This winter Adult Formation offering will be led by Holly Menard, an End-of-Life Doula now starting Wednesday January 12, 2022.
In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on one of W. B. Yeats’ timeless poems: “In this uncertain time—a time where the world, once again, seems to be falling apart at the seams—what does it look like to welcome the hope of the Prince of Peace and Lord of Lords?”
Sunday worship and formation activities will only be available virtually on January 2, 9, and 16. Sign up by following the link in the announcement. On Sundays in January and February, join St. Paul’s clergy for our winter series on prayer practices in the Christian tradition.
If ever there was a season of hope it is Advent.
In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on the gospel readings in Advent: “To receive the Christ child… means to enjoy the gift of God-with-us, God’s ever-present grace in our lives. It also means, however, listening to the prophets who prepared the way by calling us to repentance: pushing us to return to the way of love, calling us out of slavery to sin and into the freedom of the Good News.”
This Advent, join the clergy for contemplative prayer services each Wednesday leading up to Christmas Week (December 1, 8, and 15).