Apr 20, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 He is risen. Hallelujah! April 20, 2025 Can’t make it to the 8AM or 10AM Easter Service today? Join us online by way of our Live Stream Service at...
Apr 19, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Connecting in our Weakness April 19, 2025 Romans 6:3-11|Psalm 114 | Luke 24:1-12For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. Romans 6:3-11When I meet someone and...
Apr 18, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Good Friday Taizé Service 3.29.24 Please enjoy this recording from last year’s Good Friday Taizé Service.We welcome you to join us for tonight’s Taizé Service starting at...
Apr 17, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples.” April 17, 2025 Exodus 12:1-14 | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 | Psalm 116:1, 10-17It must have been a “heady” journey, traveling with the Messiah: scary,...
Apr 16, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Day Before the NightApril 16, 2025 Isaiah 50:4-9a | Hebrews 12:1-3 | John 13:21-32 | Psalm 70On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was living in Florida. Amanda, my oldest, was four years old and attended preschool four mornings a...
Apr 15, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Whoever serves me…April 15, 2025 Isaiah 49:1-7 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | John 12:20-36 | Psalm 71:1-14Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.Whoever serves me, the Father will honor. John...
Apr 14, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Walking in the Way of the CrossApril 14, 2025 Isaiah 42:1-9 | Hebrews 9:11-15 | John 12:1-11 | Psalm 36:5-11Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace. Collect for Monday...
Apr 13, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 How do we see ourselves in the story?April 13, 2025 Isaiah 50:4-9a | Philippians 2:5-11 | Luke 23:1-49Placed in the larger context, we see Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem just after his encounter with Zacchaeus, the tax collector and Roman...
Apr 12, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Promise of a NationApril 12, 2025 Ezekiel 37:21-28 | John 11:45-53 | Psalm 85:1-7Both texts from Ezekiel and John are about the formation and wellbeing of a nation. And both are preceded by stories of people being brought back to life....
Apr 11, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Amid the Noise, a Quiet Call to JusticeApril 11, 2025 Jeremiah 20:7–13 | John 10:31–42 | Psalm 18:1–7In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus once again outwits the religious leaders of his time.Provoked by his claim to be the Son of God, they...
Apr 10, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Thinking Our Way to Victory – and Glorifying GodApril 10, 2025 Genesis 17:1-8 | John 8:51-59 | Psalm 105:4-11”Arm us with such trust in him that we may ask no rest from his demands and have no fear in his service.”I was having a...
Apr 9, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Who is our God?April 9, 2025 Daniel 3:14-20, 24-28 | John 8:31-42 | Canticle 2 or 13We are now in the fifth week of Lent. We have prayed; we have fasted; we have sacrificed; we have introspected. Very soon we will be in the depths of Jesus’...
Apr 8, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Learning to ListenApril 8, 2025 2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16 | Romans 4:13-18 | Luke 2:41-52 | Psalm 89:1-29Jesus said to the Jews, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” Then...
Apr 7, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Facing our Fear April 7, 2025 Susanna 1-9, 15-29, 34-40, 41-62 | John 8:1-11 | Psalm 23When I first read through today’s lessons I wondered why the 23rd Psalm was paired with them. Both the Old Testament and the Gospel deal with judgement,...
Apr 6, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 By Our LoveApril 6, 2025 The Reverend James C. KnudsonIsaiah 43: 16-21 | Philippians 3: 4b-14 | John 12:1-8 | Psalm 126Almighty God, … Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift...
Apr 5, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Repent, Reflect, Reconcile, Repeat April 5, 2025 Jeremiah 11:18-20 | John 7:37-52 | Psalm 7:6-11Today’s collect reminds us to consult our conscience so that we may identify, repent, and be absolved of our sins. Our sins form a barrier that...
Apr 4, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Follow the Leader April 4, 2025 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-24 | John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30| Psalm 34:15-22In Wisdom 2:1a, 12-24, it is said, “God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity.” In these words, there is validation...
Apr 3, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 With Free Hearts April 3, 2025 Exodus 32: 7-14 | John 5:30-47 | Psalm 106:6-7, 19-21“Almighty and most merciful God, drive from us all weakness of body, mind, and spirit; that, being restored to wholeness, we may with free hearts become what...
Apr 2, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Son of Man: The Morning After… April 2, 2025 Isaiah 49:8-15 | John 5:19-29 | Psalm 145:8-19John 5: 27 “… he [God the Father] has given him [Jesus Christ, God the Son] authority to execute judgement, because he is the Son of Man.”“Son...
Apr 1, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Healing WaterApril 1, 2025 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 | John 5:1-18 | Psalm 46:1-8The scripture readings for today are all about water. As an open-water swimmer, I am always moved by water imagery. The life-giving aspect of water, the power of...
Mar 31, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 God is in joy March 31, 2025 Isaiah 65:17-25 | John 4:43-54 |Psalm 30:1-6, 11-13Here we are! We are almost halfway through Lent; if you are like me, your journey is beginning to slog along, losing some of the best intentions we started with....
Mar 30, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Return of the Prodigal Son…the next day March 30, 2025 Joshua 5:9-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Luke 15:1-3 11b-32 | Psalm 32Today’s gospel of Luke features the story of the Return of the Prodigal Son. Like the parable of the Good...
Mar 29, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Purple Faith March 29, 2025 Hosea 6:1-6 | Luke 18:9-14 | Psalm 51:15-20At the youth lock-in we did mad libs sermons. When I got up to read my first adjective was purple so my title became purple faith. It made me think about Lent. Lent is...
Mar 28, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Radical Love and Clarity in Today’s Tumultuous World March 28, 2025 Hosea 14:1-9| Mark 12:28-34 | Psalm 81:8-14In the midst of turmoil—political unrest, social divisions, injustice, and an overwhelming sense of uncertainty—Lent asks us...
Mar 27, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Facing Down of Injustice March 27, 2025 Jeremiah 7:23-28| Luke 11:14-23 | Psalm 95:6-11In today’s Old Testament reading we hear the prophet Jeremiah delivering God’s stern warning to the Israelites. During their years in the wilderness some...
Mar 26, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Faith He Left Behind March 26, 2025 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 5-9| Matthew 5:17-19| Psalm 78:1-6When I first read today’s lessons, I honestly had no idea what to write. For weeks I pondered on the words, with nothing jumping out at me or...
Mar 25, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Will you say yes to God anyway? March 25, 2025 Isaiah 7:10-14 | Hebrews 10:4-10 | Luke 1:26-38 | Canticle 15There is no woman in the Gospel who plays a bigger role in the story of Jesus than his mother. Today’s Gospel tells us of the visit...
Mar 24, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Ordinary voicesMarch 24, 2025 2 Kings 5:1-15b|Luke 4:23-30 |Psalm 42:1-7In this Old Testament lesson, let’s appreciate for a minute how Naaman’s situation still sounds relevant today. He’s successful at work, highly regarded by his boss, a...
Mar 23, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 HOLDING ON TO OUR FAITHMarch 23, 2025 Exodus 3:1-15 | 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 | Luke 13:1-9 | Psalm 63:1-8Exodus 3:1-15We are living in difficult times now, similarly to how the Israelites were living in difficult times in Egypt under the...
Mar 22, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Pardon and Peace March 22, 2025 Micah 7:14-15 | Luke 15:11-32| Psalm 103:1-12Collect: Grant, most merciful Lord, to your faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve you with a quiet mind.I love...
Mar 21, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Parable of the TenantsMarch 21, 2025 Genesis 37:3-4,12-28 | Matthew 21:33-43 | Psalm 105:16-22Today’s Gospel, Matthew 21:33-43, is a fascinating parable and captured my attention when I looked at the readings for my blog this year....
Mar 20, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 TRUST GOD and BE ‘LOVED INTO CLARITY,’ one degree at a time.March 20, 2025 Jeremiah 17:5-10 | Luke 16:19-31 | Psalm 1I love our St Luke’s Lenten theme for this year, “Loved into Clarity.” What a good chance to feel how loved we are by God....
Mar 19, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 It’s OK to be second fiddle. Or even third. March 19, 2025 2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16 | Romans 4:13-18 | Luke 2:4-52 | Psalm 89:1-29From as early as I can remember, say the mid-1960s (grade school years), March was about bike riding again and...
Mar 18, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Do As I Say, Not As I Do. March 18, 2025 Isaiah 1:2-4, 16-20 | Matthew 23:1-12 | Psalm 50:7-15,22-24Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and...
Mar 17, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Love your enemyMarch 17, 2025 Daniel 9:3-10 | Luke 6:27-38 | Psalm 79:1-9Luke 6:27 – 28: Jesus said, “I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.”I...
Mar 16, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Citizens of HeavenMarch 16, 2025 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 | Philippians 3:17-4:1 |Luke 13:31-35 | Psalm 27″But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”Citizenship....
Mar 15, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Pray, Reflect, Repent, Prepare, LoveMarch 15, 2025 Deuteronomy 26:16–19 | Matthew 5:43–48 | Psalm 119:1–8O God, by your Word you marvelously carry out the work of reconciliation. So begins today’s collect. But what exactly does that...
Mar 14, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Take Me HomeMarch 14, 2025 Ezekiel 18:21-28 | Matt 5:20-26 | Psalm 130Psalm 130 begins with, “Out of the depths I have called to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.” This quote...
Mar 13, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 A Venture into the Apocrypha March 13, 2025 Esther 14:1-6, 12-14 | Matt 7:7-12 | Psalm 138Quite a few years ago I became curious about the Apocrypha. The word refers to writings of doubtful authenticity. So, I read it all from Esdras to...
Mar 12, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Love Thy NeighborMarch 12, 2025 Jonah 3:1-10 | Luke 11:29-32 | Psalm 51:11-18It’s hard not to think of whales as soon as you see Jonah’s name, even though today’s lesson doesn’t include that story. The dramatic imagery of a man being...
Mar 11, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Lord’s Prayer March 11, 2025 Isaiah 55:6-11 | Matt 6:7-15 | Psalm 34:15-22Today’s readings are among the most beloved in the Bible, including the Lord’s Prayer, probably the best known of all scripture. Today gives the opportunity to...
Mar 10, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Holy Discipline March 10, 2025 Leviticus 19:1-2, 2:1-18 | Matt 25:31-46 | Psalm 19:14Today’s first reading, the Collect (sort of our first solo step into Lent), grabbed me:Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully increase on us your gifts of...
Mar 9, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Honey Drink March 9, 2025 Deutoronomy 26:1-11 |Romans 10:8b-13 | Luke 4:1-13 |Psalm 91:1-2,9-16The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders;...
Mar 8, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 It is not all about the premiums…March 8, 2025 Isaiah 58:9b-14 | Luke 5:27-32 | Psalm 86:1-11Faith is a person-centered process that is experienced differently by all. I, like many of us, look at the rewards before going back to the task...
Mar 7, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Calling All SinnersMarch 7, 2025 Isaiah 58:1-9a Matt 9:10-17 Psalm 51:1-10As Jesus sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his...
Mar 6, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 ChoicesMarch 6, 2025 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 | Luke 9:18-20 | Psalm 1When I begin my Lenten journey I always ask, “What should I be focusing on?” Lent being a time of self-reflection, I wonder if the “self-reflection” becomes my focus and God...
Mar 5, 2025 | Lenten Blog 2025
Home > Lenten Blog 2025 An Acceptable Fast March 5, 2025 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 | Isaiah 58:1-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 | Matt 6:1-6, 16-21 | Psalm 103“Hey, you’ve got something on your forehead.” Yes, today’s that day. The day when we’re reminded that we are...
Jan 5, 2025 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 St. Luke’s 2023 Christmas Pageant January 5, 2025 St. Luke’s parishioners celebrating the Christmas Pageant in early 2024.Narrated by Amy Weigand, music director Brad Logan, with Bruce Stevens on the organ and piano.And staring an...
Jan 4, 2025 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Following the example of Jesus January 4, 2025 Exodus 3:1-12 |Hebrew 11:23-31 | John 14:6-14 As I read John 14:6-14, I couldn’t help but think of my dear friend, Lisa Johnson. My family came to East Greenwich in 1965, and Lisa’s...
Jan 3, 2025 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 What does your ‘pasture’ look like? January 3, 2025 Genesis 28:10-22 | Hebrews 11:13-22 | John 10:7-17 RENEWAL – Christmas is the new beginning that the darkness of Advent ‘looked to’ as light and life faded. Animals safely burrow in...
Jan 2, 2025 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Trust and Faith January 2, 2025 Genesis 12:1-7| Hebrews 11:1-12| John 6;35-42, 48-51 Genesis 12:1-7 As I read through this passage two words came to mind: trust and faith. These words are related to each other in that without trust...
Jan 1, 2025 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Oh, to have been a fly on the wall… January 1, 2025 Numbers 6:22-27| Galatians 4:4-7| Luke 2:15-21 | Psalm 8 I often wonder to myself what it must have been like to be able to see and experience what went on in the barn where...
Dec 31, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Keep the light of Christmas through the year December 31, 2024 Isaiah 26:1-9| 2 Corinthians 5:16-6:2 | John 8:12-19 “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” John...
Dec 30, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 The Gift of God’s Deliverance December 30, 2024 Isaiah 25:1-9|Revelation 1:9-20|John 7:53-8:11 The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is a non-partisan research organization that publishes an annual Global Peace Index. In 2024...
Dec 29, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 The Promise of Christmas Isn’t Over December 29, 2024 Isaiah 61:10-62:3 |Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 |John 1:1-18| Psalm 147 I have always loved the visuals depicted in the Book of Isaiah. No matter what translation you read, you are...
Dec 28, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 God is with us December 28, 2024 Jeremiah 31:15-17 |Revelation 21:1-7 |Matthew 2:13-18 |Psalm 124 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around...
Dec 27, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Seek Ye First December 27, 2024 Exodus 33:18-23 | 1John 1:1-9 | John 21:19b-24 | Psalm 92 Moses said to God, “Show me your glory, I pray.” And God said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will...
Dec 26, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Peace In The Midst Of Pain December 26, 2024 Jeremiah 26:1-9, 12-15 | Acts 6:8-7, 51c-60 | Matthew 23:34-39 | Psalm 31 Both Jeremiah and Stephen were persecuted for prophesying about God’s punishment for evil deeds. This is the...
Dec 25, 2024 | Christmas Blog 2024-2025
Home > Christmas Blog 2024-2025 Merry Christmas, St. Luke’s! December 25, 2024 Look who I discovered when visiting Roger Williams Park Carousel last spring: Rhode Island native and worldwide toy icon, Mr. Potato Head! I took the liberty of dressing him up for the...
Dec 24, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Glorious and TimelessDecember 24, 2024 Isaiah 9:2-7|Titus 2:11-14|Luke 2:1-14And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the...
Dec 23, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Faith, Forgiveness & FamilyDecember 23, 2024 Genesis 21:8-21 | 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 | Luke 17:1-6Paul’s letter to the Corinthians and Luke’s Gospel speak to me about family both birth & chosen and how we are all better when in this...
Dec 22, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 “Start to Smile”December 22, 2024 Micah 5:2-5a|Hebrews 10:5-10|Luke 1:39-55I’m not the easiest person to be around during the Advent season. I’m one of those people who leans into the penitential aspect of the season, sometimes fasting,...
Dec 21, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Love is the fire of transformation.December 21, 2024 Isaiah 43:8-13Isaiah 43:8-13 speaks powerfully to God’s eternal, unwavering presence in our lives. In this passage, Isaiah calls forth all people from all nations, asking them to be...
Dec 20, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 John the BaptistDecember 20, 2024 Isaiah 10:5-19| 2 Peter 2:17-22| Matthew 11:2-15I was delighted when I discovered that today’s readings discuss John the Baptist. I have always been fascinated by him. As a child, I was intrigued by John’s...
Dec 19, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 His hand is stretched out stillDecember 19, 2024 Isaiah 9:18-10:4| 2 Peter 2:10b-16| Matthew 3:1-12For all this, his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still.Isa. 9:18-10:4;This line from Isaiah stood out to me for two...
Dec 18, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 An Advent Community December 18, 2024 Click image to enlarge Isaiah 9:8-17| 2 Peter 2:1-10a| Mark 1:1-8 I have always loved the tradition of a Christmas creche. As a child, I liked to set up the figures huddled in the stable around the...
Dec 17, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 I am sorry December 17, 2024 Isaiah 9:1-7| 2 Peter 1:12-21| Luke 22:54-69“The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, ‘Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three...
Dec 16, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 The Betrayal of Jesus December 16, 2024 Isa. 8:16-9:1| 2 Peter 1:1-11| Luke 22:39-53How sad Christ must have felt when a crowd suddenly appeared in Gestheme to witness his capture. So many people learned to know Jesus as a caring person who...
Dec 15, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 On the Road to Rejoicing December 15, 2024 Zephaniah 3:14-20| Philippians 4:4-7| Luke 3: 7-18I am someone who spent much of my early adulthood getting lost, often in cities, and all too frequently in some pretty shady areas in those cities....
Dec 14, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 A Journey Unlike Any OtherDecember 14, 2024 Isaiah 8:1-15| 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18| Luke 22:31-38Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to...
Dec 13, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Call to ActionDecember 13, 2024 Isaiah 7:10-25| 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5| Luke 22:14-30Today’s lessons certainly run the gamut, from Isaiah’s prophesying the birth of Jesus right through to the institution of the Lord’s Supper. Add in the...
Dec 12, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 The Mystery of Lawlessness December 12, 2024 Isaiah 7:1-9| 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12| Luke 22:1-132 Thess. 2:1-12As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be...
Dec 11, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Judgement or Truth? December 11, 2024 Isaiah 6:1-13| 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12| John 7:53-8:11Perhaps because of the current situation in our country right now, I find myself recoiling from the words of judgement that permeate the readings...
Dec 10, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Expectant WaitingDecember 10, 2024 Isaiah 5:13-17, 24-25| 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28| Luke 21:29-38I know that change is inevitable and often welcomed, but it seems to me that the number of changes and the pace at which they are occurring has...
Dec 9, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Put on the Breastplate of Faith and LoveDecember 9, 2024 Isaiah 5:8-12,18-23| 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11| Luke 21:20-28Staying positive and hopeful can be incredibly difficult at times. Life has a way of wearing us down, whether through deep...
Dec 8, 2024 | Advent Blog 2022
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Righteous Peace, Godly GloryDecember 8, 2024 Baruch 5:1-9 | Philippians 1:3-11| Luke 3:1-61 Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on for ever the beauty of the glory from God.2 Put on the robe of the...
Dec 7, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 The world ends daily December 7, 2024 Isaiah 4:2-6| 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18| Luke 21:5-19‘When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.’…. So...
Dec 6, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 A Right Relationship with GodDecember 6, 2024 Isaiah 3:8-15| 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12| Luke 20:41-21:4 Advent is a season of spiritual reflection, inward meditation, and self-examination. The readings for today lead us fully into this space,...
Dec 5, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 Joy in LoveDecember 5, 2024 Isaiah 2:12-22 | 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 | Luke 20:27-40What is the first thing that comes to mind for Advent? Stories of Joseph, Mary, Angels and a newborn king? That is what we are used to, so I had to wonder...
Dec 4, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 To Be the Glory and Joy of God’s Love December 4, 2024 Isaiah 2:1-11 | 1 Thessalonians 2: 13-20 | Luke 20:19-26So often I read passages such as today’s and am reminded of Martin Luther King’s ‘Beloved Community’. In his 1956 speech...
Dec 3, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 A Profile of St. Luke’s New Rector?December 3, 2024 Isaiah 1:21-31| 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12| Luke 20:9-18Given my first 75 years of life as a conscientious Roman Catholic (whereby a local bishop appoints each new pastor and faith-filled...
Dec 2, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 “For the mouth of the Lord has spoken” December 2, 2024 Isaiah 1:10-20 | I Thessalonians 1:1-10 | Luke 20:1-8Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow;though they are red like...
Dec 1, 2024 | Advent Blog 2024
Home > Advent Blog 2024 “There will be signs…” December 1, 2024 Jeremiah 33:14-16 | Thessalonians 3:9-13 | Luke 21:25-36From the time when humans first began to notice the changing world surrounding them, they have looked for signs to guide them into an unknown...
Mar 31, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 HE IS RISEN!March 31, 2024 Acts 10:34-43 | 1 Corinthians 25:6-9 | John 20:1-18 | Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24“They (the angels) said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they...
Mar 30, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Questioning the SpiritMarch 30, 2024 Job 14:1-14 | 1 Peter 4:1-8 | Matthew 27:57-66 | Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16In today’s Gospel, Matthew 27:57-66, it reads, …” after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered...
Mar 29, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 So what’s so good about this Friday? March 29, 2024 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 | Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 | John 18:1-19:42 | Psalm 22I first started attending St. Luke’s in 1995… in a few years, I would join the Canterbury...
Mar 28, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Servant and PriestMarch 28, 2024 Exodus 12:1-14 | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 | Psalm 116:1, 10-17Maundy Thursday is a day of traditions. Jews and Christians alike celebrate the Exodus from Egypt with a Passover meal....
Mar 27, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Encouraging strength of spirit and character. March 27, 2024 Isaiah 50:4-9a | Hebrews 12:1-3 | John 13:21-32 | Psalm 70I have never been a fan of the saying, “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” One reason is because the term...
Mar 26, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 I put my trust in You, Lord March 26, 2024 Isaiah 49:1-7 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | John 12:20-36 | Psalm 71:1-14Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,from the clutches of the evildoer and the oppressor.This verse from today’s Psalm...
Mar 25, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Covenant March 25, 2024 Isaiah 42:1-9 | Hebrews 9:11-15 | John 12:1-11 | Psalm 36:5-11Isaiah 42:1-9Here is my servant, whom I uphold,my chosen, in whom my soul delights;I have put my spirit upon him;he will bring forth justice to the...
Mar 24, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 An outfit for a Sunday of festivitiesMarch 24, 2024 Mark 11:1-11| Isaiah 50:4-9a|Psalm 31:9-16|Philippians 2:5-11|Mark 14:1-15-15:47Palm Sunday has always been one of my favorites church celebrations. It ranks up there amongst the major...
Mar 23, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Legality vs. AmbiguityMarch 23, 2024 Ezekiel 37:21-28 | John 11:45-53 | Psalm 85:1-7 Today’s readings bring home to me that magnificent but sometimes scary difference between obeying a law and being guided by the ambiguity of God’s...
Mar 22, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 “The kingdom of heaven is like…”March 22, 2024 Jeremiah 20:7-13 | John 10:31-42 | Psalm 18:1-7I remember having a necklace with a little round, see-through glass ball with a very tiny seed inside… A mustard seed… I was probably in...
Mar 21, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 What’s in a name? March 21, 2024 Genesis 17:1-8 | John 8:51-59 | Psalm 105:4-11Forty-eight years ago this week I began recruit training as a firefighter with the Warwick Fire Department. I was so excited. After getting our turn-out gear...
Mar 20, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Roughing It March 20, 2024 Daniel 3:14–20,24–28 | John 8:31–42 | Canticle [2] or 13“Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *you are worthy of praise; glory to you.” (Canticle 13)Shadrach Meshach, and Abednego may never have had a...
Mar 19, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 But they did not understand. March 19, 2024 Photo courtesy of lumoproject.com2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16 | Romans 4:13-18 | Luke 2:41-52 | Psalm 89:1-29Luke’s New Testament words today bring to my mind the relationship between parents and...
Mar 18, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Who is Susanna? March 18, 2024 Susanna [1–9,15–29,34–40],41-62 | John 8:1–11 or John 8:12–20 | Psalm 23Not being a Biblical scholar nor an avid reader of the Apocrypha, I was curious about the Old Testament reading. While the background...
Mar 17, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 God’s MercyMarch 17, 2024 Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Hebrews 5:5-10 | John 12:20-33 | Psalm 51:1-13”Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness;… “What is mercy? I’ve seen several explanations for this word. Some indicate that one is...
Mar 16, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 God Prevails March 16, 2024 Jeremiah 11:18–20 | John 7:37–52 | Psalm 7:6–11Let us destroy the tree with its fruitLet us cut him from the land of the living,So that his name will no longer be remembered.” – Jeremiah 11:18-20This passage...
Mar 15, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024
Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Did Jesus Have FOMO?March 15, 2024 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-24 | John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 | Psalm 34:15-22I see this gospel (John 7:1–2,10,25–30) as a push-pull between Jesus’s human and divine selves. We hear about Jesus first deciding NOT to go...
