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Being Real in All its Complexity

While I have not read enough about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., I have read a fair serving of his writings and sermons over the years. Occasionally I have seen video clips of his speeches, as many of us have. A book that has been on my far-too-long book list, is a work…

Attitude

NOTE – Please be aware that last week’s excellent devotion. “Will I, or Won’t I?”, was created by Brendan Armitage. My apologies for not making that clear in the post. ~~PR So I put my mask on for the umpteenth time that day. I sigh, with the same frustration that you probably express at the…

Will I Or Won’t I?

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory…

Endings and Beginnings

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none: Cut it down!…

January 2021 Herald

This month’s Herald is available for download Inside this issue: Worship Schedule – 2 Adult Christian Ed. – 3 Committees – 4 Groups & Events – 7 Pastoral Letters – 8 Worship & Music – 10 Youth Ministries – 11 St. Peter’s Kids – 11 St. Peter’s Preschool – 12 From the Volunteer Steward –…

Go Tell It!

Psalm-in-Action Grab a friend and act out these words from Psalm 148 with the suggested motions or come up with your own! point both hands to the skyHallelujah! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise God in the heights. flap your angel wingsPraise the Lord, all you angels; sing praise, all you hosts of heaven.…

The Childhood of Christ

“Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’ Then Joseph got up, took the…

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs

If St. Stephen’s martyrdom a couple of days ago was an unusual thing to celebrate, today’s readings about The Holy Innocents, those children Herod killed out of fear that his throne would be taken from him, are even more distressing. The story goes that Herod feared that Jesus was here to overturn Herod’s rule. In…

Stephen, Deacon and Martyr

St. Stephen is recognized as one of the early martyrs of the church who prayed for his persecutors as he was stoned to death. At first glance this may seem to be a strange thing to celebrate so early in the Christmas season, but we are reminded of the storied history of the whole company…

You Make All Things New

In his 2017 reflection for Christmas Day, Richard Rohr, revered theologian of the Franciscan order, shares some words about the old and new. Rohr writes: “Francis [of Assisi] was at once very traditional and entirely new in the ways of holiness. Franciscanism is not an iconoclastic dismissal of traditional Christian images, history, or culture, but…

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