Pentecost is a feast reminding us that kinship is found in entering into the gap, the space between us and the other. It is there that the Holy Spirit abides.
St. Stephen was one of the first called forth from the early Christian community to the servant ministry of deacon. Not only did he address the symptoms of the poor, oppressed, and those in need, but also the causes which led to his martyrdom.
Thomas is led to a deeper faith in the person of the risen Christ. Our doubts can lead us to that same depth of faith.
The Resurrection of Jesus the Christ shows us that this extraordinary new life is right there in the ordinary pattern of creation that we so often fail to see. The risen Christ will continue to seek after us and call us, and all creation, to this life.
Jesus invites three of his disciples to a mountain top and is transfigured before them. Peter, James and John experience Jesus in a whole new way. But Jesus tells them not to tell anyone. Why is that?
Jesus calls us to the mountain to be leaders. What does it mean to be a people of the Beatitudes?
The Rev. Rod Reinecke, the founding vicar of St. Paul’s, joined a faith filled group of 20 families in 1958 and began a journey that continues 65 years later. A reflection on those early years and how thankful we are for all those early founders. May Rod rest in peace.
How do we, with the gifts we’ve received at Baptism, become part of a community that both forms us and calls us to leadership?
Are we a Pharisee church or a Tax Collector church. A reflection on what Jesus might be telling us in a well know parable.