Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   As a word nerd, I actually have favorite words, usually words that I encountered in a poem or a story....

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   This Sunday’s reading from John’s gospel depicts one of the most intimate depictions of love for...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   Sometimes, stories are so familiar that we no longer hear them when they appear in front of us. The...

The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness , James Tissot Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   Our gospel reading for this weekend, Luke...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   This Sunday is the last Sunday before Lent, and that means that we traditionally hear stories of...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Last week in the lectionary, we heard Luke’s version of the Beatitudes, which is notable for its...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   The first words that jumped out at me today in our readings for this weekend came from our Psalm,...

Beloved members of St. Martin’s, It is a time of great anxiety and uncertainty. There is no question of that.   Everywhere I go, it seems...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   In all of our readings this weekend, we hear of focus on holy places and spaces: Malachi is attempting...

Beloved People of St. Martin’s,   This Sunday we have a single service beginning at 9 am for our annual meeting, in which we look over...

In year C in the lectionary, the readings we will hear this weekend always are heard near the day we honor the life and legacy of the...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Every year when we encounter this 1 Sunday after Epiphany, which centers on the Baptism of Christ,...

First of all, Mother Nature has decided to mess with our Epiphany celebration again, and I am deciding NOW to cancel in person worship...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   This Sunday we will change things up a bit. We will have Morning Prayer with Eucharist. We will also...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   This weekend we ae invited to spend time contemplating Mary’s Magnificat , her great prophecy of...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   I am hoping you all have been having a blessed and relaxing Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving was ...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s   This weekend our readings will begin with the story of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, one of the great...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   This coming Sunday, we will celebrate our patronal feast for St. Martin of Tours, whose actual feast...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,   This weekend we will celebrate All Saints and All Souls Day. Those saints are the “hallows” from which...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This weekend our gospel passage features the last healing story to appear in Mark’s gospel, and it is...