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Rector's Reflection: The Liberation of the Sabbath , August 23, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin's, Â When I was just starting out after college, one of the popular bands at the time was called,...
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Rector's Reflection: In Dark Times, Inspiration by a Cloud of Witnesses, August 16, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin's, Â Our gospel for this weekend contains, on its face, a difficult message: Jesus claims he does not come...
Aug 163 min read


Rector's Reflection: Praying as Jesus Taught Us, July 26, 2025
Beloved Friends of St. Martin's, Â I want to start by first thanking all of you for your prayers, support, and care as I and my family...
Jul 264 min read
Rector's Reflection: Loving the Neighbor , July 12, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin's, Â This weekend we are going to hear probably one of the most famous parables in all of scripture: the...
Jul 122 min read
Rector's Reflection: Being Witnesses, Not Gawkers, May 31, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  This weekend we will observe the transferred Feast of the Ascension, which is officially celebrated...
May 313 min read


Rector's Reflection: Curious, Not Judgmental, May 17, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  One of my favorite bits of wisdom from the TV series Ted Lasso was this observation: “Be curious, not...
May 173 min read


Rector's Reflection: Flock Without End. Amen., May 10, 2025
This Week’s Readings: Acts 9:36-43 ; Psalm 23 ; Revelation 7:9-17 ; John 10:22-30  Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  Welcome again to...
May 103 min read


Rector's Reflection: Honest Thomas, April 26, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  The gospel for the second Sunday of Easter centers on the story of Thomas the Twin, who, logically...
Apr 262 min read


Rector's Reflection: This is the Night, April 19, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  Today, for me, two events collide. First today is the 30 anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. As...
Apr 193 min read


Rector's Reflection: Two Sides of One Messiah , April 12, 2025
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....
Apr 123 min read


Rector's Reflection: The Path of Love, April 5, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  This Sunday’s reading from John’s gospel depicts one of the most intimate depictions of love for...
Apr 52 min read
Rector's Reflection: Lost and Found, March 29, 2025
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...
Mar 293 min read
Rector's Reflection: Deliver Us From Shortcuts , March 8, 2025
The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness , James Tissot Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  Our gospel reading for this weekend, Luke...
Mar 83 min read
Rector's Reflection: Embracing Sacrifice, March 1, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s,  This Sunday is the last Sunday before Lent, and that means that we traditionally hear stories of...
Mar 13 min read
Rector's Reflection: Seven (Not So Simple) Rules, February 22, 2025
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Last week in the lectionary, we heard Luke’s version of the Beatitudes, which is notable for its...
Feb 223 min read
Rector's Reflection: Being a Blessing, February 15, 2025
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,...
Feb 152 min read
Rector's Reflection: Let Down Your Nets, February 8, 2025
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...
Feb 83 min read
Rector's Reflection: Shelter by the Altar, February 1, 2025
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...
Feb 12 min read
Rector's Reflection: One Bread, One Body, January 25, 2025
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...
Jan 254 min read
Rector's Reflection: Living into Our Promises, January 18, 2025
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...
Jan 183 min read
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