Dear friends, Love is hard, and revenge is satisfying. Violence is glorified and esteemed in our society. Redemptive violence is held as a value and a virtue: if you do something bad then I can and should make it right by doing something bad to you. We see this in every area of life, from…

Dear friends, Today, in our Bible Study, we read the 61st chapter of Isaiah, which begins: The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim…

Dear friends, I am deeply sad to report that this morning our dear friend and brother in Christ, Harvey LaZelle, has died. He was at home being cared for by his family. We will hold a funeral for Harvey on Friday, April 27, at 11:00 AM at St. Dunstan’s Church, with a reception to follow.…

David’s Weekly Message: Discovery 2018 Last year we conducted a series of interviews and meetings that we called the Discovery Process as we developed our new vision and mission statements. We collected 70 interviews, asking people about their most important experiences of faith and ministry, and from those interviews we developed the themes that became our…

When Mary looks into the empty tomb on Easter morning, the angel proclaims, “He is risen. He is not here…he is going ahead of you to Galilee.” I am writing this on the Tuesday after Easter and the church is full of people preparing the dinner and setting up the parish hall for our weekly…

Let me tell you a story. I heard this from my father last week. One of the members of his congregation was grievously injured in a car crash and has suffered a spinal injury and paralysis. She is a mother of two young children and she will have to endure several months of treatment at…

You are invited to Holy Week at St. Dunstan’s Church. On Palm Sunday we commemorate Jesus’ dramatic and emotional entry into Jerusalem. Jesus’ prophetic reenactment of Zechariah’s oracle that a new king would bring peace, entering into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, filled the people with hope and joy. Jesus starts the week…

In 1974 the movie Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson, was released to theaters. It wasn’t a great movie, but it did get a lot of attention. The premise is that a liberally minded architect becomes a ruthless vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter left in a catatonic state by muggers. Bronson’s character…

Jesus offers a better way to be human. That means that he also offers us a better life. St. Dunstan’s Church is a place where you can learn to live this better life. That’s why we feed people and host homeless camps. That’s why we worship together and pray together. We want to be fully…

Sometimes, words can cause harm. Even words that are otherwise beautiful and meaningful can cause harm in some circumstances. I recently had a fascinating experience with this while working with a couple in pre-marital counseling. We were going through the marriage service and it became clear that one of the two of them was very…