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.
Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Lent 1 February 22, 2015 His blessing covers the dry land like a river, and drenches it like a flood. (Ecclesiasticus 39:22, NRSV) Well … maybe like a snowfall, instead of a flood. But the truth of the verse remains in that God’s blessings abound. I was struck by…
Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 5 February 8, 2015 Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. (Matthew 19:13, NRSV) They go by the names of Smaug’s Jewels, Nice to Meet You, Yurt Circle, Wink, and Knots. They are permutations of…
Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Epiphany 3 January 25, 2015 Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13, NRSV) I love the fluffy white stuff. Whether it covers the surface thinly or with a greater thickness. Whether it is light and airy, or a bit heavier and dense.…
Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Epiphany 2 January 18, 2015 “Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” Sarah Ban Breathnach (1947- ) From Pocket Positives for Inspiration Maggie Pinkney, compiler Today starts…
