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, Pentecost 7
Email Devotion, Pentecost 6 “Qodesh cheres … Holy vessels.” That was the phrase the guest rabbi used in his comments. But in describing the Jewish usage of the phrase, he noted that the description did not mean a vessel which embodies holiness in its nature, but that of an ordinary vessel holding holy things. The…
Email Devotion, Trinity Sunday And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ –Galatians 4:6, NRSV Also there is a similitude of a Trinity shining in the body, soul and spirit. –George Ripley It feels a bit risky to define the Trinity in terms of…
College Devotion, Easter 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. –2 Timothy 4:7, NRSV No, just joking … you have not won the race, yet. But you are close, aren’t you? With finals on your doorstep, you can see the finish line. With last-stroke editing touches…
Email Devotion, Easter 7 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. –Revelation 7:9, NRSV The responses were not overwhelming ……
