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Happy Fourth of July!
I hope that you and yours are having a wonderful holiday weekend! Pray for our country on this our 249th birthday.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
5 days ago1 min read


True Freedom
Today is Juneteenth, the day we remember when the news (and enforcement) of emancipation from slavery reached Texas after the Civil War, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jun 192 min read


Trinity and Mystery
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. The Doctrine of the Trinity is often called “a mystery.” In seminary, we tried to get out of writing complex papers for our theology class by telling the professor “it’s a mystery!”

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jun 123 min read


Alive
This weekend we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, the time when the Holy Spirit filled Jesus’ disciples in a new way, the beginning of God pouring out his Spirit into the world through the church, where his power and presence is alive and active.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jun 52 min read


Nicaea, 325
1,700 years ago, bishops from across the church gathered in Nicaea (in what is now Turkey).

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 222 min read


A New Pope
It seemed the whole world was watching as the Roman Catholic church mourned the death of Pope Francis and awaited the election of his successor, Pope Leo XIV.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 152 min read


Curiosity
Happy Easter! They say that ‘curiosity killed the cat,’ but I wonder if a better saying would be ‘curiosity gave the cat nine lives.’ What I mean is this: God created us as relational creatures—

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Apr 242 min read


Beauty and God’s Delight
What experience of beauty takes your breath away? What sight or sound or smell leaves you speechless and awestruck and full of delight all a

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Apr 32 min read


Pain and Promise in the Church
Have you ever encountered flaws in the church? If you haven’t, then you haven’t had much contact with the church.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Mar 273 min read


Vocation and holy work
This week, in our common reading of “Liturgy of the Ordinary,” the author writes about reconciliation, and how our reconciling with God and

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Mar 202 min read


Consumers or Worshippers
This Lent, our parish is studying a common book across small groups, Sunday School classes and Bible Studies. ‘Liturgy of the Ordinary’ desc

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Mar 132 min read


Ashes and New Life
Come join us for Ash Wednesday services today at 7AM, Noon or 7:30PM. It seems strange that we are drawn to this service that marks us with

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Mar 51 min read


Humility
I was going to write about the virtue of Humility, but I’m just not good enough… Hmm, perhaps that’s false humility—and a lack of courage to

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 274 min read


Practical Chastity
I wrote in the last two weeks (here and here) about chastity, as part of a series on Stewardship, Chastity and Humility.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 208 min read


Chastity, Generosity, and Community
Hmm… I hadn’t planned on writing about chastity on Valentine’s Day… I’ll have to factor that in next time… But what better day to consider c

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 134 min read


Chastity, Culture, and God’s Dream for us
I’m writing a series on stewardship, chastity and humility, virtues that underlie monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience, virtues

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 65 min read


Stewardship, Poverty and Joy
I wrote last week about Stewardship, Chastity and Humility, virtues that underlie the vows of Poverty, Celibacy and Obedience taken by monks

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jan 303 min read


Restraint
Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable one. 1...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jan 232 min read


Epiphany and Integrity
The season of Epiphany is all about God revealing himself to the world—about Jesus showing who he is to others.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jan 163 min read


Worship: Our Response to the Birth of Christ
At the manger we see a variety of characters and a variety of responses to the birth of Christ.

Dr. Brandon Dasinger
Jan 92 min read
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