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.
New Day Sermon Easter 4 We follow our Good Shepherd like sheep. But our flock always brings with it a wider array of gifts and callings than are typically associated with sheep. Our worshippers brought that message to life today.
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Easter 3 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. (Colossians 4:2) In the past couple of weeks, I have had three members of our church ask me about rosary beads. Two were former Roman Catholics … one was a person who has simply enjoys a variety of spiritual disciplines. But…
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Easter SUNDAY He is not here; for he has been raised. (Matthew 28:6) [Please enjoy this classic anonymous folktale, The Tale of the Three Trees. It is offered as an Easter devotion.] Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they…
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Passion Sunday Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. (Psalm 50:2) The great thing about birds, is that they often have beautiful things within them. The pale blue of the robin’s egg … the emerald sheen of an emu’s egg … and the lavender and brown blotched vulture egg. I…
New Day Sermon LENT 5 Can we see the glory of God through the person of Lazarus, fresh from the tomb with scraps of his burial cloths clinging to his arms? Can we see the miracle worker beyond the miracle itself?
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL LENT 4 For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified. (1 Corinthians 1:22) Have you ever prayed for a miracle? Have you ever had a prayer for a miracle answered? How have you felt when your prayer wasn’t answered in the way you had hoped? Were you able…
