God's discipline is always connected to God’s love, but that doesn’t mean that the consequences of sin can be ignored. Justice is necessary so that mercy will have a foothold... read more →
How do you hear God’s voice? Sometimes we hear God in bold, miraculous ways, and other times, we hear God in the still, small voice. The message of Pentecost is... read more →
We can learn a lot about how to pray by looking at how Jesus prayed. The longest and most detailed prayer of Jesus is found in John 17 and is... read more →
Love isn't actually something that comes easily to us- not the kind of love the Gospel is talking about at least. Christian love goes beyond compassion, or the bonds of... read more →
When we hear the parable of the Good Shepherd, we immediately identify with the sheep, which is a good thing. After all, Jesus is the shepherd. But we should also... read more →
Saying the word ‘evangelism’ in the Episcopal Church is an easy way to make people uncomfortable, but evangelism isn’t scary. We share all sorts of things with those around us—why... read more →
Each Lent, Episcopalians remove the word ‘Alleluia’ from our worship. At St. Peter's, the kids even make an ‘Alleluia banner’ and bury it in the church yard to be dug... read more →
Jesus spent the last week before his Passion and death in the Temple. The image of the Temple is an important one for Christians because through Jesus' death, we were... read more →
Lent is a time for remembering our mortality and humanity. God forced the people of Israel to see their human weakness as they wandered through the wilderness in order to... read more →
We’ve all heard empty promises. We may have even made some ourselves over the years. Throughout the Bible, God makes big, extravagant promises that sometimes seem absurd, but they aren’t... read more →