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.
Lent 1 NEW DAY SERMON The season of Lent always opens with the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness from either Matthew, Mark or Luke. The question for us as we engage this story is whether God is concerned about our petty temptations like chocolate or expensive baubles or fast cars … or whether…
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Transfiguration Sunday Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. (Matthew 17:1-2) I love Camp Nawakwa in Arendtsville, PA. …
TRADITIONAL SERMON Transfiguration Sunday Two weekends ago while on retreat with our high school youth at camp Nawakwa, I had the chance to lead a hike to Upper Temple at 10:00 on Saturday night. In my years of retreat leadership at Nawakwa, I’ve been to Upper Temple dozens of times – most of them at…
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL EPIPHANY 6 Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church* sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven* times. (Matthew 18:21-22) It was the question of the day this morning…
EPIPHANY 6 NEW DAY SERMON We continue our discipleship theme in February with a look at how Jesus interprets the “handbook” for disciples … the Ten Commandments. Are you a rule follower? … a rule breaker? … or a rule enhancer like Jesus? It’s not always easy to follow the rules.
Email Devotional Epiphany 5 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. (Romans 12:12) It continues to be one of my favorite weekends of the year. (I have often said that if I could find someone to pay me to run retreats every weekend, I would leave parish ministry in a heartbeat. But…
Email Devotion Epiphany 4 May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace. (Psalm 144:12) I hear it a lot. I will admit that I have said it myself. It is spoken often on Sundays like today’s Youth Sunday celebration. “Our youth are the…
