Dcn Brigid Waszczak

Posted on September 27, 2024

Dear Brothers and Sisters, King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. Esther… pleaded with the king… begged him to put…

Chotard Doll

Posted on September 26, 2024

Dear Friends, The Luke passage for today is the Lord’s Prayer. It is a prayer we say so often that we tend to take it for…

Justin Appel

Posted on September 25, 2024

Dear Friends in Christ, Today’s New Testament reading from Acts recounts Saint Paul’s visit to Ephesus. He discovered that the people there had been baptized “in the…

Fr Matthew Reese

Posted on September 24, 2024

Dear Friends, There’s been so much lovely theological reflection in Daily Bread the last week, that I’m loath to step out of it. Especially this morning with…

Dcn Susan Erickson

Posted on September 23, 2024

“‘Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.’” —Esther 4: 14 Dear Siblings in Christ, The quotation above…

Fr Robert Hendrickson

Posted on September 22, 2024

Dear Friends in Christ, I was honored to preach at Dick Cockrell’s Requiem yesterday with Fr Matthew celebrating. It was a wonderful opportunity to think about…

Kyle Dresback

Posted on September 20, 2024

Friends, Looking back, I’m not quite sure how we got involved in club soccer so early. We started with plain old coed “blob soccer,” then I…

Sherry Sterling

Posted on September 19, 2024

Psalm 112: 1, 6-8 Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Surely the righteous will never be…

Justin Appel

Posted on September 18, 2024

Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson, John 12:20-26, contains a familiar agricultural reference to signal a basic precept about the Christian life. One cannot follow Christ without first…