Fr Alex Swain
Beloved in Christ, Today we remember Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop and Theologian, who died in the year 394. He is part of a trio of very…
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Richard Mallory
Left her jarThen the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. —John 4.28 She came to the well at noon,at the end of the…
Grant Batchelder
(Hebrews 10:32–39) Dear friends in Christ, Hebrews was written to people who had already paid a price for their faith. They had endured public shame. Some…
Kristin Tovar
“Again, he said, ‘What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a…
Justin Appel
Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson contains a parable and a related explanation that seem wildly unfair to us. After telling the parable about the sower, Jesus…
Fr Matthew Reese
For God alone my soul in silence waits; * from him comes my salvation.God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, * that power belongs to God.Psalm…
Fr Alex Swain
Beloved in Christ, Today we remember Chad of Litchfield, born around the year 634 in Northern England (according to Lesser Feasts & Fasts). Chad was, according…
Richard Mallory
Like every day, this dayit is clear that only lovewill save us. Not in the grandiose abstract way, but in the alarminglyspecific way. As in forgiveness,…
Deacon Brigid Waszczak
The Beatitudes—Matthew 5:1-10 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Many of my friends memorized Bible verses as kids. I was never required to do that. Scripture recall can…
Chotard Doll
Friends, I find myself, in this inward-facing season of Lent, reflecting on Simplicity. I see Simplicity as an inward condition we outwardly express. Clearly that inward condition…
Justin Appel
Dear Friends, Today’s Epistle reading is especially deep. Several things seem to be nested within St Paul’s rich text. The first is that God’s wisdom, given…
Fr Matthew Reese
After the death of Judas Iscariot, Peter said to the believers, “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his homestead become desolate, and…