…I was a stranger, and you welcomed me…. (Matthew 25:35)
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
So, what is the bottom line with love? To begin consider Sunday mornings, 8:00, Rite 1 with Anne and Rob: (The second great commandment is like unto it) THOU SHALL LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF. Day by day, bit by bit, love is all around us. We don’t always recognize it but it’s there. Sometimes it takes a Mayfield, Kentucky to remind us of love.
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Last night’s service of Lessons and Carols was a continual experience of being blown away by the outcome of the hard work, high spirits, and sense of joy put into the atmosphere by so many amazing humans. I am so grateful for the gift of being present to the service last night, for so many reasons. There are two moments in particular that really cracked my shell…
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
With open minds and hearts and due reverence for the fact that we are discussing the culture of the Wendat First Nation tribe of Eastern Canada, and with an awareness of the fact that we will be delving deeply into what is likely new material for many of us from a text and cultural standpoint, Jennifer and I present you with an abridged primer on The Huron (Wendat) Carol.
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To sum it up, I will tell you that the whole experience of that service was NOT peaceful for me… save for that brief moment when my role in the service guaranteed me the opportunity to pause my busy-ness, sit, and just play the piano for everyone. No notes to read, no pages to turn, no memory recall…
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
Last night I joined the community at Temple Israel for the Interfaith Hannukah Candle-lighting. Each year that I attend this event, at the Hands of Hope sculpture in the Temple Israel courtyard, I am reminded of light as a symbol of hope in many religious traditions. During the Festival of Lights (Hannukah) candles are lit to remember an important moment in the history of the Jewish people - the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BCE. Here at St. John's, we light candles on the Advent Wreath…
Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ
The last time we published an official update for our Building and Grounds, it was Tuesday prior to our Rite II “Homecoming Service.” It’s been almost two months since then, and the amount of change is immense. It has been neat for us to mark the time, to see how things are progressing, and we felt it was time to bring an official update to you.
