by St. Francis | Apr 17, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
Should we keep politics out of church? Should we keep all politics out of church? What are we defining as political? What is political? Are national holidays too political for church? Should we acknowledge Independence Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Veterans Day?...
by St. Francis | Apr 2, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
Today is Mandate Thursday, though some of you may know it better by its archaic moniker, Maundy. This is the mandate we hear from Jesus: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this...
by St. Francis | Mar 27, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
It started with a triumphal march into Jerusalem, the people singing Hosannas and laying down their coats or palm fronds in front of Jesus as he rode into town…on a donkey. The King of kings wasn’t in a chariot or on a horse, but on the ancient world equivalent of a...
by St. Francis | Mar 19, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
I am continually annoyed by people who don’t know how the carpool line at school operates; there are people who don’t pull forward when the line moves, enter from the wrong side of the street, don’t look before they pull away, or get impatient when I give the...
by St. Francis | Mar 13, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
Every Sunday, in our Prayers of the People, we pray for the victims of violence everywhere, and for the perpetrators of violence, so that they may cease their evil ways and return to Christ. We’ve been praying for the Middle East for some time now, and we will...
by St. Francis | Mar 5, 2026 | Rector's Reflections
“We give up things during Lent to remind ourselves of the suffering and pain Jesus will experience at the end of the season. We also give up things to be reminded of our dependence on God. Caffeine shouldn’t be the thing that compels us to live. God’s love and...
