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Heart ponderings

But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. – Luke 2:19 NRSV Despite being one of the

“Be alert!” Jesus tells us as Advent opens, as if we could possibly let ourselves sleep right now. The holidays

Our often fast-paced, frenetic lives get in the way of the north stars that should be guiding us. And trajectories change when, in the

The past year has brought the importance of our relationships with one another to the forefront. In the time of

Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all [Mark 9:35 NRSV] One of the losses

On Sundays in August, we explored Jesus’ declaration “I am the Bread of Life” from the Gospel of John. Curiously,

Comfort? Discomfort? The inherent tension of these words has been at the front of my mind this past week. News

For a decade, All Saints’ has decamped to the baseball field thanks to the generosity of anonymous parishioners (last year

Sunday, July 4th, we observe both the weekly celebration of Jesus’ resurrection and the 245th anniversary of the Declaration of