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Weekly Message (Page 5)

Living Resurrection

Dear friends, Easter is a day and Easter is a season. In the 50 days after Easter, we live into the reality of the resurrection. The readings assigned for Sunday worship in this season dwell on the love of God and the call for us to dwell in that love, not as a passive rest…

That’s God’s Love!

Dear friends, When we read about Jesus’ resurrection, we don’t talk much about what was happening between the cross and the resurrection. I wonder if God and the angels were as busy as we have been at St. Dunstan’s Church? It was a huge effort to get our kitchen cleaned and repaired and clean up…

Palm Sunday Reset

Dear family in Christ, By now you have heard that our church suffered another break-in last week. I am happy to report that the cleanup started this morning (Thursday) and is expected to take four days. The Ortloff organ was badly affected by the corrosive ammonium phosphate discharged from the fire extinguisher and will require…

Couldn’t Fit Sacred Ground into Your Schedule?

If you couldn’t fit the Sacred Ground Curriculum into your schedule, we want to offer suggestions on how to grow along with us in ways that may work for you. Consider watching American Creed, which was our main focus for the first two meetings. In this PBS video from 2018, we found the conversations of Secretary…

Are We a Safe Place?

Each week, in the invitation to Holy Eucharist, I say, “Wherever you are in your spiritual journey, whatever the color of your skin, whether you are rich or poor, wherever you live, whomever you love, you are welcome here in this place and at this table. Come and be fed.” A group of vestry members,…

Where is God?

In Centering Prayer, we are taught to “consent to the presence and action of God within.” Sometimes I can’t help myself though. I want to pray to God as a powerful presence out there who can fix things for me, for us. Where is God? Is God somewhere else, in heaven perhaps? Where should I…

From the Rector: Tell Us Your Story

Have we ever seen a year like 2020? Pandemic, Pandemic Shutdowns, Racial Justice Protests, Political turmoil, economic turmoil, restaurants, bars and gyms closed, churches closed, funerals deferred… Honestly, I am getting tired of writing this list. We were all tired of election season, and then it didn’t end with the election. We were all tired…

Reach Out to a Friend

Bored. Lonely. Stir-crazy. These are words I hear a lot when I ask people how they are doing. For most of us, the pandemic has isolated us from friends, family, and familiar activities. The greatest suffering has come for those who cannot be with loved ones because they are in facilities that are locked down.…

Truth Matters

“If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes accepted as truth.” – Joseph Goebbels. Social Media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have created a phenomenon where we sort ourselves into groups that are more and more alike in interests and beliefs. We “like” people we agree with and “follow” people that are interesting to us…