Read inspiring reflections from St. David’s clergy each week. Letters are posted on Thursday afternoons.
Find them here, or linked in our Friday morning emails.
New Beginnings
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ – Lamentations 3: 22-24 Dear People of St. David’s, As the...
Journey of faith amongst the books
Dear People of St. David's, Late last year we moved the staff members who had cubicles in the second-floor area of the Chapel Building, over the Gift Shop and Art Gallery hallway, into the main corridor of offices above Allen Hall. We did this to enhance the sense of...
The Air is Changing
“Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting.” —John 4:35 Dear People of St. David's, I walked outside on Wednesday morning to take out the dogs and smelled something I...
What’s in a Preposition?
Dear People of St. David’s, Week by week, we worship together at St. David’s. A lot of what we do seems to be unchanging. We sing, we read scripture, we hear a sermon, we pray, we share bread and wine. It may even (perish the thought) seem a little boring to be doing...
The God Who Is
But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” He said further, “Thus you shall say to the...
The Church is one big “and yet”
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. – Matthew 16:18 Dear Beloved of God at St. David’s, I will turn 30 in January 2027 and will hopefully be ordained a priest that same month—God...
What is good
He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God? – Micah 6:8 Dear People of St. David, Here we are in the middle of August, marked by the crepe myrtle displaying...
Awakening
I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? – Isaiah 43:19a Dear People of St. David’s, Last Friday about thirty-five of us gathered in Allen Hall to watch the movie, “A Great Awakening.” It was a wonderful evening, complete with a...
Ordinary Time: Wrestling and Withdrawing
The lectionary calendar sometimes refers to this season after Pentecost as “Ordinary Time,” but there is nothing boring about this sort of ordinary – it’s a time for growth.
A permanent connection to God’s love
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans...