Rector's Reflection: The Strength to Love, January 14, 2023
Beloved Members and Friends of St. Martin's. It has long been my habit to spend some time prior to each remembrance of the Rev. Dr....
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- Sep 24, 2022
- 3 min
Rector’s Reflection: September 24, 2022
Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Periodically in American Christianity, a theory known as the “prosperity gospel” or “the gospel of...
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Rector's Reflections, December 10, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Of Joy and Justice The season of Advent could also be subtitled “the season of the prophets.” On Advent 1 in year...
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Rector's Reflections, December 3, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Praying with Thankfulness Beloved Members of St. Martin's, This week, we get the introduction of another character...
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Rector's Reflections, October 28, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Every Perfect Gift is our Testimony Beloved Members of St. Martin's, Last week we launched our annual giving...
- Oct 23, 2021
- 2 min
Rector's Reflections, October 23, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: The Gift of Courage Beloved Members of St. Martin's, What would you say if Jesus was standing before you right now,...
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Rector's Reflections, October 15, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: The Best Gift Beloved Members of St. Martin's, What is the best gift you have ever received? For me, the best gift...
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
Rector's Reflections, October 8, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Looking for a Bargain Beloved Members of St. Martin's, This Sunday our collect reads as follows: Lord, we pray that...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Rector's Reflections, October 1, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: A Prayer to Welcome Autumn Beloved Members of St. Martin's, I want to take a break from the usual musings in this...
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
Rector's Reflections, September 24, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Wise Guise Beloved Members of St. Martin's, Autumn began this week, and in it is a crispness in the air, the...
- Sep 17, 2021
- 3 min
Rector's Reflections, September 17, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Wise Guise Beloved Members of St. Martin's, This Sunday all of our lectionary readings are about wisdom: wisdom as...
- Sep 10, 2021
- 5 min
Rector's Reflections, September 10, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: Memory and Remembrance Beloved Members of St. Martin's, The most famous verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, one...
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
Rector's Reflections, September 3, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: A Prayer for Labor Day Happy Labor Day Weekend! Now some people think of this weekend as "the End of Summer," but...
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Rector's Reflections, August 20, 2021
Rector’s Reflections: No Turning Back John 6:56-69 It was all good when Jesus was passing around the bread and sardines. It was fine when...
- Aug 13, 2021
- 3 min
Rector's Reflections, August 13, 2021
Rector's Reflections: What the Eucharist Means Once my mom left the United Methodist Church, I grew up going to churches that did not...
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
Rector's Reflections, August 5, 2021
Rector's Reflections: Ephesians 4:25- 5:2 When I was a kid, one of the most frustrating questions I would be asked by some of my more...
- Jul 31, 2021
- 2 min
Rector's Reflections, July 30, 2021
Rector's Reflections: The Spirit of Shalom Last Sunday, in John 6:1-14, the feeding of the "5,000" was recounted. It is said at v. 2 that...
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Rector's Reflections, July 23, 2021
Rector's Reflections: Embodying Hope and Truth
- Jul 16, 2021
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Rector's Reflections, July 16, 2021
Rector's Reflections: Rest, Worship, and the Presence of God Beloved People of St. Martin's, A couple of weeks ago in the lectionary,...
- Jul 10, 2021
- 4 min
Rector's Reflections, July 9, 2021
A few years ago, my daughter Katie and I traveled to the Catalan region of Spain with my dear friends Joe and Joanie, her godparents, as...
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