Rector's Reflection: The Strength to Love, January 14, 2023
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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....


- Sep 24, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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