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All of Us Go Down to the Dust…

There’s a wonderful text that comes to us from a 9th-century Eastern Byzantine Rite: All of us go down to the dust,yet even at the grave we make our song:Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. At first glance this text may seem like a downer. We’re reminded that none of us escape our mortality on this earth.…

The Saints Who Walk Among Us

In biblical Greek the word that is most commonly translated as “saint” is hagios. Note that the word hagios is actually an adjective, not a noun. It is a word that describes. Its best translation is “sacred” or “holy.” In the Bible it is often used to describe God’s word … as St. Paul does,…

We Are the Stuff of Stars

EMAIL DEVOTIONAL – WEEK of all Saints Sunday The iron in our blood, the calcium in our bones and the oxygen we breathe are the physical remains – ashes, if you will – of stars that lived and died long ago. ~~Ray Jayawardhama Or…

Saints and Death … A Conversation

Traditional Sermon All Saints Sunday You have been here before. Saints … tears … the first Sunday in November … a litany naming those we have lost … the Beatitudes serving as our Gospel Lesson … All Saints Sunday. It is a day when we remember … formally through the…

All Saints’ Sunday Worship Preview

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God,…