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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Callings
The calling to ministry and service comes in a variety of ways and through many different means.

Dr. Brandon Dasinger
Dec 5, 20242 min read
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Women of the Bible
The lectionary, which appoints readings that we use in our weekend services, recently gave us readings from Esther and Ruth, as well as the

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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The Blessing of Discipline
The word “discipline” often conjures up images of a child sitting for “time-out,” or conflict in the classroom. The word seems to mean many

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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The Strength of a People
One of our prayers was certainly answered this week: an early, clear outcome of the presidential election without unrest and accusations and

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Halloween, All Saints, Elections, and the Christian Hope
Happy Halloween! One of the scary parts of many Halloweens is that election day is right around the corner…

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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