Fr Robert Hendrickson

Posted on August 31, 2025

Dear Friends in Christ, In moments of unspeakable tragedy, words often falter. The violence of the recent school shooting in Minnesota has left communities shaken, families…

Grant Batchelder

Posted on August 30, 2025

Acts 28:17–31 Dear Friends, I admire Paul. I also know I’m not him. At the end of Acts, Paul is under house arrest, still welcoming visitors,…

Edina Hall

Posted on August 29, 2025

They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, James and John along with…

Chotard Doll

Posted on August 28, 2025

Dear Friends: The passage from Hebrews today extols the “City of the Living God,” the heavenly Jerusalem where God dwells. St. Augustine, whom we celebrate today,…

Fr Matthew Reese

Posted on August 26, 2025

“But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch;…

Fr Alex Swain

Posted on August 25, 2025

Beloved in Christ, Yesterday, August 24, was the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle. But, as it was a Sunday (and therefore a Feast of the…

Fr Robert Hendrickson

Posted on August 24, 2025

Dear Friends in Christ, This weekend at Saint Philip’s in the Hills, it was a joy and a privilege to witness the ordination of two new…

Emily Lyons

Posted on August 23, 2025

Dear Friends, Today the Daily Office readings speak to me of the tension between the past and the future. Like a bowstring drawn back, these readings…

Deacon Brigid Waszczak

Posted on August 22, 2025

Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law [scribes]. They devour widows’ houses…” Jesus sat… opposite… where.. offerings were put and watched the crowd…

Sherry Sterling

Posted on August 21, 2025

Dear friends, I often have a few books going at once, reading from one in the morning, and from another before bed. They might be books…

Justin Appel

Posted on August 20, 2025

Dear Friends, Today’s Old Testament lesson recounts the story of David’s son Absalom, who rebelled against his father, the king, and who was slain by Joab,…

Fr Matthew Reese

Posted on August 19, 2025

“And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Ab′salom, while he was still alive in the oak. And ten…

Fr Robert Hendrickson

Grant Batchelder

Edina Hall

Chotard Doll

Fr Matthew Reese

Fr Alex Swain

Fr Robert Hendrickson

Emily Lyons

Deacon Brigid Waszczak

Sherry Sterling

Justin Appel

Fr Matthew Reese

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