Our Mission is Growing Disciples of Jesus Christ

A phrase that has been echoing in my head recently is “intentional Christian living.” The words “intentional” and “intentionality” have come into use in recent decades to talk about how we shape our lives.

What do you celebrate in your life? Significant achievements? Major milestones such as graduation or marriage or the birth of a child? Do you take the time to celebrate the many blessings God gives you each day?

Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Mary, the Virgin. In the Gospel reading for this feast, Mary, pregnant with Jesus, joins her cousin Elizabeth in praising God for his miracles and his mercy on the humble and lowly, undoing the injustice of the proud.

Sometimes church language becomes so familiar that we become inoculated against it.

Summer is often a time for disconnection from work and school, and we carve out time for relaxation and reflection. In our leisure, there is still time for conversations about inflation, global politics, conflict with Iran, social issues in the US, kids, teachers, and the juggle of it all.

Today is the Feast of the Ascension. Forty days after Jesus’ resurrection, he was lifted up and out of the sight of the disciples, returning to the Father and awaiting his coming again in glory.

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

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

At the manger we see a variety of characters and a variety of responses to the birth of Christ.

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

Sometimes we are so delighted by a friend or family member that we can’t wait to be together and to be generous.

But when the kids leave for college, have the parents graduated from church?

In my quest for a tall fescue lawn, I’ve heard that one important element is applying treatments that strengthen the roots of the grass.

Tonight the top presidential candidates convene for a debate. Many are less than enthusiastic about either of them.

Spoiler alert: the answer is yes! But you could have guessed that, couldn’t you?

Today is the Feast of the Ascension. We remember how Jesus, risen from the dead, gathered with his disciples outside Jerusalem, said goodbye

We often think that service to God must be in grand achievements and bold enterprises.

This Sunday we will celebrate the completion of our stained glass windows and we will dedicate them to the glory of God and ask God’s blessi

Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year!

The word “prepare” must have a long dictionary entry. How do we prepare?