The Kindness Conundrum Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Last week in our epistle from Romans 12:1-8, Paul urged us to offer our bodies as...

Beloved Members and Friends of St. Martin’s, What are your favorite ways to pray, or prayers that you say? The title for this piece is...

Beloved Members and Friends of St. Martin’s, I’ve always found the story of Thomas, which we will hear as the gospel this weekend, to be...

Beloved Members and Friends of St. Martin’s, Do you remember a time when things seemed the very darkest, when a crisis was upon you that...

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....

Beloved Members and Friends of St. Martin’s, The Christian liturgical calendar has two seasons of preparation: Advent and Lent. In the...

Beloved Members and Friends of St. Martin’s, One of the most interesting images in Christendom is that of the “Jesse tree,” which is...

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Periodically in American Christianity, a theory known as the “prosperity gospel” or “the gospel of...

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...

Rector’s Reflections: Praying with Thankfulness Beloved Members of St. Martin's, This week, we get the introduction of another character...

Rector’s Reflections: Every Perfect Gift is our Testimony Beloved Members of St. Martin's, Last week we launched our annual giving...

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,...

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...

Rector’s Reflections: Looking for a Bargain Beloved Members of St. Martin's, This Sunday our collect reads as follows: Lord, we pray that...

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...

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...

Rector’s Reflections: Wise Guise Beloved Members of St. Martin's, This Sunday all of our lectionary readings are about wisdom: wisdom as...

Rector’s Reflections: Memory and Remembrance Beloved Members of St. Martin's, The most famous verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, one...

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...

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...