Category Archives: Postcards

A postcard for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost 07/24/22 The hydreangas put on quite a show this Sunday, July 24, 2022. Where you’re planted matters. After church on Sunday, a few of us were talking about The Book of Common Prayer and our liturgy (especially Holy Eucharist). We share how enriching it was to learnContinueContinue reading “Planted in good soil”

A postcard for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost 07/17/22 This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Sometimes you just got to say “wow.” By now it is obvious thatContinueContinue reading “Space is cool”

A Postcard for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost 07/10/22 First full-color image from the James Webb Telescope released July 11, 2022. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI “In our prayers for you we always thank God . . . That is how the writer of Colossians begins their letter, with gratitude for the ministry ofContinueContinue reading “We always thank God”

A Postcard for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost 07/03/22 Happy Independence Day. I hope that you are blessed with a day of rest and I pray that your celebrations are joyful and safe. As we celebrate our independence as a country, I pray that we also remember our interdependence. May our freedom be marked byContinueContinue reading “Celebrating our Interdependence”

A Postcard for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 06/26/22 Altar flowers from the Church of the Messiah, Heflin, June 26, 2022. Y’all, I’m angry. It is the sort of anger that just gnaws at me. It is the sort of anger that simmers and just looks for a chance to boil over. When I wasContinueContinue reading “What do we do with anger?”