As we gather for this celebration of Thanksgiving in 2024, how might we endeavor to order our priorities thoughtfully, so that our prayers and our actions are pleasing to God? Gratitude is the place to start I believe.

Today, let us give thanks to and for the young girl who said yes to God and the faithful woman she remained, and for all those, including Jonathan Daniels, who accepted and acted on the radical discipleship of loving and accepting and caring for all in the name of Christ.

The Rev. Anne Williamson offers a gospel reflection on the commemoration of Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler, astronomers.

The Rev. Anne Williamson offers a gospel reflection on the Feast Day of St. Andrew, patron Saint of Scotland and the brother of Simon Peter. Although today’s Gospel reading speaks of Jesus’ call to the two brothers at the same time, in the Gospel of John, Andrew is depicted as one of the first disciples of Jesus, who brought others to Jesus – beginning with his brother Simon Peter (Jn 1:36-42).

The Rev. Anne Williamson offers a gospel reflection on the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. We live in a very different world from the one in which Francis walked, but his way of walking in the world has much to offer to us today.

The Feast of Joanna, Mary, and Salome: Holy Myrrh-Bearers

William Reed Huntington

Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Amelia Bloomer

Argula von Grumbach

Eva Lee Matthews

The Rev. Anne Williamson reflects on the Gospel of Matthew 10:34-42 appointed for use on the Feast of St. Alban, the earliest named Christian in Britain, and the first British Christian martyr. What does it mean when Jesus tells us to take up our cross and follow him?

Anticipation and uncertainty – a tension we are so familiar with in our time…how are we to respond? The Rev. Anne Williamson reflects on the Feast of the Ascension.