It’s likely that you have heard this “Parable of the Sower” before hearing it here today. If, as a child, you were attentive in Sunday School (and I’m sure you all were), you’ll remember it. Just in case you were focusing more on the sounds coming from the Parish Hall preparations for Coffee Hour snacking than on the voice of your Church School teacher on the day it was told, I’ll summarize…
Happy 4th of July weekend as we gather. Some of you from the parish know where I’m from but those of you who are new may not know where I’m originally from; I’m from that colony up in the northeast called New York. I’ve realized there are actually a few of us here in the Cary area and others from that part of the country…
A little over a week ago I got a phone call from my brother John who lives in Tennessee with his wife Susan and their eight yeard old daughter Rachael. John called to say that they were flying to RDU on Sunday and driving to the Outer Banks the next day and could we get together during their stopover? He also told me that Rachael had just finished a week of Vacation Bible School…
About a month ago a very dear friend of mine, a clergyman, got in touch with me to let me know that the baby his wife has been carrying for 20 weeks has spina bifida. Some of you may know Joe and Sarah Hensley. BJ, our former associate here, and Joe were in high school together and I have known Joe since my first work in this Diocese in 1995…
Last Thursday was Ascension Day, one of the days that the Prayer Book recognizes as a “Principal Feast.” Since the day is celebrated without the kind of hoop-la surrounding Christmas and Easter, it isn’t understood and appreciated as are those great festivals. So why does the Church give it prominence as one of the principal holy days of the year?
I think it was about 5 or 6 years ago, I’m not sure, when I was driving down to Women’s Beach Week with two very good friends. We were headed to Emerald Isle, and my husband Craig had reminded me several times of where I was to turn off of I-40. Oh yes, I told him, not to worry. I know exactly where to go…
A couple of months ago I went through that ritual we all go through of completing our taxes, and I got to that second page where you sign it. Both my wife Mary and I signed our copies and then filled in that spot where it says “Occupation.” I always put down “Priest” and Mary puts down “Scientist.”…
Katie Magee
Hey, for those of you who don’t know, my name is Katie Magee and I am a senior now in the youth group. I have had the biggest honor of coming to this church for a large majority of my life…
Mark Taranto
Today is a great day because we are alive and we are filled with the spirit of the Lord. My name is Mark Taranto. I’m not quite as eloquent a speaker as our lovely Katie Magee, but I’m going to give it my best… life…
Years ago when I was in college – at that time in my life I was considering a vocation to the priesthood – I remember that there was a priest on the faculty, and I got together with this priest and began an experience that is oftetimes referred to as spiritual direction…
In last week’s Gospel reading we rejoiced with Mary Magdelene as she discovered the empty tomb on Easter morning and ran to tell the other disciples, only to encounter Jesus himself on the way. As today’s Gospel reading begins, it is evening on the same day and the disciples, minus Thomas, are huddled behind locked doors…