Category Archives: Postcards

A postcard from the 10th Sunday after Pentecost 08/01/21 Bearing with one another in love is a lot harder than it sounds. While on vacation I watched the “Great Pottery Throwdown.” The premise of the show is simple, a group of potters competes each week, with one potter eventually being declared the winner. The thingContinue reading “Broken Oneness”

A postcard from the 9th Sunday after Pentecost 07/25/21 We can never know the limits of the love in which we are rooted. Love is the basis for life. As Christians, we are completely dependent on the love of God, and this love surpasses all our knowledge. [Ephesians 3:14-21] This is one of those SundaysContinue reading “Rooted in love”

A postcard from the 8th Sunday after Pentecost 07/18/21 We are reconciled now. The mission of the church, according to the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer, is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” All the members of the Church are to pursue this mission through ourContinue reading “Brought near”

A postcard from the 7th Sunday after Pentecost 07/11/21 God has a plan. The 7th Sunday after Pentecost begins seven weeks of reading through Ephesians. While the letter claims to be from Paul, marked differences in style, phrasing, and viewpoint lead most scholars to believe that it was written by a disciple of Paul. ThisContinue reading “Crowded Tables”

A postcard from the 6th Sunday after Pentecost 07/04/21 How do we tell our story? The 6th Sunday after Pentecost fell on July 4th. As we celebrated the beginning of the “American Dream,” we heard the story of David becoming the king of all of Israel. [2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10] This moment is the pinnacleContinue reading “God at Work: God Unites”