by Eilidh Lowery | Dec 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Crisis after crisis seems to be erupting around us. Gas in the building means we have to cancel worship. Local high school in lockdown with reports of an armed student. Spending hours hunting down a booster shot to protect against Omicron. I find myself addicted to...
by Eilidh Lowery | Dec 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Peace seems so hard sometimes. Especially when we make it about a perfect, serene state, free from conflict. Peace is actually the transcendent, that which we encounter not when we avoid conflict or sorrow or difficulty, but rather what we find when we embrace...
by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am somewhat of a traditionalist when it comes to the church season of advent. Hope, peace, joy, and love are the four Sundays, period. I think because at my core this is what Christmas means to me. Christ is our hope, his is the way of peace. Joy is all about...
by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the things I miss most in worship is singing together. We have been singing in our homes, or humming along to the hymns in the sanctuary for months and months. I miss the sound of all our voices combining. I miss the feel of giving full voice to powerful words...
by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every year our community asks folks to make promises. We base these promises on our membership vows to support the church by our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness. This is both a practical act and one of spiritual formation. Our parish is funded by the...
by Eilidh Lowery | Nov 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
This Sunday we will be celebrating All Saints Day. It’s a Sunday where we remember those who have died in the past year, but what I have found is that so often people long to also name others, some who have been gone for years. It is important that we honor the...
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