The vibrancy of life here at St. Peter’s makes my service on our staff a joy and privilege. Visitation, teaching and preaching are the ministries that feed my pastoral identity, as together our staff and lay members share in our missional calling … Building a community of faith by God’s grace.
AuthorRev. Craig Ross
The Body of Christ
Au Revoir Epiphany Star
Au revoir, Epiphany Star. In a less than twenty-four hours, your light will depart from us as we usher in the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday services. We will let you go … but not without some kicking and screaming in the form of our Palm Burning efforts tomorrow night, Shrove Tuesday. For shortly…
Christmas Lights
When I drive to my mom’s condo, I drive through an adjoining neighborhood which has become extremely interesting to me, of late. The “interesting” began back in November, with the very “UN-interesting” practice of putting up Christmas lights. Many, but not all the houses in the neighborhood put up some semblance of Christmas lights ……
Being Real in All its Complexity
Attitude
Will I Or Won’t I?
Serendipitous Joy
I am driving home from church this past Sunday, and as I make my way through the lower end of my neighborhood, I see what looks like checkerboards bouncing around down the street from me. As I get closer, I realize that the checkerboards are actually people … people who are all wearing identical pajamas…
Giving Thanks for Unusual Blessings
Grief Must Be Given Its Time
“I no longer comfort others with false cheer. In the hospital, where my encounters with patients are ever more distanced by sterile gloves, computer protocols, and the pressures of time, one way I can still be present is during their moments of grief. I don’t encourage anyone to move on, to replace, to remarry, or…