The Sunday Sermon: walking towards the light

Alleluia, Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! Today is the third Sunday in these 50 days of Easter. By now, if you’ve been attending worship, you have heard Matthew’s story of how the risen Christ appeared to the two Marys; you’ve heard John’s story of how Mary Magdalene mistook the risen Savior … READ MORE…

The Sunday Sermon: pursued by Jesus (Apr 19)

The gospel for this morning hits close to home. The disciples are closed up in a house behind closed doors, fearful. They were fearful of those who had killed Jesus, and it calls to mind our own situation as we sit behind locked doors afraid, or at least anxious, of COVID-19, the virus that has … READ MORE…

Dean Letter: Zoom Security

Dear St. Paul’s family, In Easter season we rejoice to know that we are a people forgiven and deeply loved. For that reason, the general confession that we routinely say in our daily prayers at in Sunday services is optional. But it’s painfully evident that sin still abounds in our world, and one way that … READ MORE…

Dean Letter: Catching up

Dear St. Paul’s family,  Alleluia! Christ is risen! I hope your Easter was joyful, even under the current circumstances. I am very grateful to our Bishop and her staff for the splendid diocesan Easter service that we enjoyed, and that drew us together as a wider community.   I want to update you on a few matters … READ MORE…

Homily, Great Vigil

We are in the dark. We don’t know when this thing will end. We don’t know if we or people we love will become ill. We don’t know who is telling the truth. We are in the dark and we need the light of Christ. This year, more than ever, we need Easter. In Ezekiel’s … READ MORE…

Dean Letter: A Different Holy Week

Dear St. Paul’s family, Once again we are invited to walk with Jesus through Holy Week, as we have done year after year. But this year we don’t have the same company on the way. It’s a lonely walk for some, a painful walk for those who are ill or who have loved ones who … READ MORE…

Palm Sunday’s Sermon

Palm Sunday, April 5 2020 Penelope Bridges Sermon preached after the Liturgy of the Palms, via Zoom Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Amen. This is a strange Palm Sunday. It’s not the Palm Sunday that we are used to or that we were expecting just a few short weeks … READ MORE…