Clergy Letters

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.

Advent Preparations

During Advent, readings from the Gospel of Luke focus not only on Jesus’ birth but also the church begun through his Passion and Resurrection. The lectionary does not start with the events that led up to the nativity story in the first chapters. Instead jumping to chapter 21 where Jesus talks to the disciples about being ready for the end of times. This coming week we hear the voice of John the Baptist, calling to “prepare the way for the Lord” in Chapter 3, not getting to Chapter 1 and the Song of Mary until the 4th Sunday of Advent. 

Advent Anticipation

As the Thanksgiving holiday ends and we enter December, many of us eagerly anticipate putting up Christmas trees, buying presents, hanging lights, taking pictures with Santa, and the various fun rituals that come with Christmas time. Yet, as Christians, we believe...

Celebrating Fall

Dear People of St. David’s, Fall is my favorite season. I love back-to-school, even four decades after leaving the classroom, with all the fresh pens and markers and clean notebooks. The current election season has been hard and roughly half the people are...

Your gifts are enough

“May small, beautiful things remind you: the little things you do matter, too.” - Morgan Harper Nichols Dear People of St. David’s, Since moving into the Old Rectory (Parish House) a couple of years ago, parishioners often ask me what it’s like living in that house....