Mark 1:14-20
Are you the kind of person who likes someone to get to the point? Did you ever have a conversation with someone and you’re like, “Get to the point!” Then you should like Mark’s gospel…
Mark 1:14-20
Are you the kind of person who likes someone to get to the point? Did you ever have a conversation with someone and you’re like, “Get to the point!” Then you should like Mark’s gospel…
1 Samuel 3:1-20, John 1:43-51
It’s difficult to detect a common theme in the lectionary readings for a given Sunday, but today it’s not so difficult. The first lesson from First Samuel and the gospel reading each tell a story of a divine call from God…
Mark 1:4-11
We all have places that bring us to a place of peace. Sometimes it’s just a comfortable chair by a fire or not by a fire. Sometimes it’s a way of stopping and breathing and just finding our center…
Matthew 2:1-12
So have you begun to dismantle Christmas yet? How many people have taken down the tree? Removed lights or other decorations?
Luke 2:1-14(15-20)
According to the St. Paul’s website and newsletter, Our Christmas Day Service is a quiet, contemplative service, a service of contemplation and Eucharist. At one level this is a way of saying to visitors that there will be no music, no organ, no instruments of any kind…
I am becoming more and more convinced in my life that we are not human beings looking for what it means to be spiritual, but rather we are spiritual beings looking for what it means to be human. That may sound like a reversal of what we usually think…
God grant that your word only may be spoken, that your word only may be heard, for Christ’s sake, Amen. You know when we teach children about worship around here, we teach them there are five parts to worship. I won’t tell you all of them…
Luke 1:26-38
Well, here we are, the fourth Sunday in Advent. For the last month we have been preparing, we have been waiting, and our wait is almost over. During this time we anticipate Jesus’ coming knowing that Christ is already in our midst…
John 1:6-8,19-28
“I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness; prepare the way of the Lord.” There is a certain tension in our culture right now. Too many deaths of black men have caught our awareness. Too swift a hand to draw a gun or to use a choke hold…
Mark 1:1-8
Today is the day we welcome St. Nicholas into our midst. He’s become an annual part of our year that we live together here at St. Paul’s. St. Nicholas will be with us in a little while. Today is also the second Sunday of Advent…