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It is Advent. The beginning of the church calendar, four weeks, four Sundays to celebrate the coming of Jesus. It is a mystery, divine and definitely material that those four weeks of Advent match the most consumerist and stressful season in America. Many churches change the colors of their draping’s and vestments for Advent, for … READ MORE…
For us today, Advent is a time for us to explore the spiritual ideas of waiting, patience and delayed gratification. We are counting the days until Christmas and allowing ourselves to hope for all of the best to come. The concept of the Advent wreath actually originated in pre-Christian times when people would gather … READ MORE…
It is the final, great Day – the Day of the Stewardship In-gathering, not the end of time exactly but the finale to the annual pledge campaign. Maybe, for some of you view, like the early Christians and the parousia, it is the day for which you have been waiting and longing. The theme of … READ MORE…
Christ the King/Year B Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 It has been really fun watching the progress of the organ restoration. The work being done is incredible and I can’t wait for the debut of this almost new instrument. But one of the unanticipated side effects of watching the restoration is how it … READ MORE…
There are so many aspects of the profound presence of God at St. Paul’s Cathedral for which to be grateful, it is difficult to focus on just one. However, I would like to talk about something that has become a true Cornerstone for me this past year: And that is, the many opportunities to receive … READ MORE…
It is wonderful to be gathered together in this cathedral to honor and to give thanks to God for the men and women who answered the call of their country by serving the cause of freedom in the Armed Services. I’d like to ask all our veterans to stand and be recognized. Would you please … READ MORE…
All Saints’ Day/Year B Isaiah 25:6-9 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44 Following the tragic explosion of the space craft Challenger on January 28, 1986, in a speech to the nation, President Ronald Reagan, talking about those who had lost their lives, closed with the words, “We will never forget them this morning as they prepared for … READ MORE…
As we consider our cornerstone values as a faith community today, Stewardship Committee Historians John Will and Paula Peeling will be highlighting historic moments and stories from the Cathedral’s past. For many years St. Paul’s Episcopal Church carried the proud label “Mother of Missions.” Even when I first tip-toed in through the back door of … READ MORE…
For those of us who became Episcopalians over the past thirty years, the 1979 Book of Common Prayer is about all we’ve ever known. It replaced the 1928 BCP, a book held in great reverence by many or the faithful. But the 1979 BCP presented Rite One (language from the 1928 book) as well as … READ MORE…
BENNY: Why do we love St. Paul’s and why do we choose to be generous? For my brother and me, it’s about finding a church that respects us enough to let us find our own path – and about finding a community of people who support one another along the way. GABE: We came from … READ MORE…