Dear People of Christ Church, This week, our Episcopal Church Class will take on “Contemporary Moral Issues,” and wow, there seem to be a lot of them swirling around. On Sunday in my sermon I mentioned how God had “shown
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Outward and Visible Signs
Dear People of Christ Church, This week at our Episcopal Church class we talked about the shape of the liturgy. In the Episcopal Church, that’s also to have a conversation about what we believe theologically—we “do” theology as we “do”
Ascensiontide, Season for Uncertainty
Dear People of Christ Church, In my sermon on Sunday I was thinking with you about the uncertainty of Ascensiontide. Not like “tide” like waves, but like time (—in the church we just stick “tide” as a suffix to whatever
Each Could Understand the Other
Dear People of Christ Church, Lots going on in the coming weeks, with this Sunday being back to our usual first Sunday of the month children’s sermon, May 8 the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace, and May 15, Pentecost Sunday!
Dwelling Closer to the Ground
Dear People of Christ Church, This week we had a terrific first “Intro to the Episcopal Church” class, with about 9 people gathered to talk about our questions, curiosities, and longings for God’s “new thing” happening in our spiritual lives.
Great News About the Roof
A version of this message is also going out to the parish mailing list—we really want to be sure you get it! We write with amazing news on several fronts. First, we are thrilled to let you know that we
Stations of the Cross
Dear People of Christ Church, This week, our Stations of the Cross really came home (for more Q and A about them and where they came from and why, see this from January. For pictures from St John’s Bowdoin Street
We Are Worthy
Dear People of Christ Church, I recently had some time to spend with my kindle, and found Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. I’ve read a lot of her stuff before, but hadn’t spent much time with this one. Brown’s
“I Will Come the Rest of the Way to You.”
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’ve been spending a lot of time with the prodigal son, part of our Gospel Passage for Sunday. On Tuesday nights our Bible study is on the Scripture for the coming Sunday, so
“Meet Your Muslim Neighbor”
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’m continuing to mull over the “Meet your Muslim Neighbor” event hosted at Government Center by the new Waltham Center for Community Engagement, and the Waltham League of Women Voters. More than 100