Today is the last Sunday before Lent, and as we enter Lent, I want to encourage you to try the spiritual exercise of consideration. It is probably not a spiritual exercise you are familiar with. I actually sort of made it up, but it seems to fit this time of COVID-19. Consideration. Before we explore
Lent as a Season of Consideration
Fishing with Pelagius and Augustine for a Trinitarian God
Today I want to preach about the state of our nation, and while the January 20 inauguration was honorable and majestic, as it should be, I am still troubled by what happened at the US Capitol building on January 6. The memory of signs and symbols asserting that it was a Christian sanctioned movement: a
Where the Wild Things Are
Good morning Christians, seekers, and friends: Welcome. It is well that you have come. And we are made better, more whole, with you here as a unique and important part of the body of Christ. Now the phrases above are a little like a definition of or even a little of the etymology of the
All Saints
Good morning Christians, seekers, and friends! Since the beginning of our liturgical year A 2020, we have spent our time walking fairly methodically, one chapter after the next, through the gospel of Matthew starting in January … This October, for example, we have spent the majority of our time hanging out in chapter 22 which
The Power of Prayer
August 9, 2020, The Rev. Ruth Anne Garcia preaching
If You Want to Know God’s Will…Ask
August 2, 2020, The Rev. Ruth Anne Garcia preaching
Context Matters
July 26, 2020, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching
You are Loved, and You are Forgiven
July 19, 2020, The Rev. Ruth Anne Garcia preaching
Breathe
July 12, 2020, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching