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.
The Trinity Can Only Be Known Relationally
Andrei Rublev was a Russian Orthodox iconographer from the fifteenth century who wrote a remarkable icon that most scholars today believe is of the Trinity. Whereas we in the western church write extensive theological tomes trying to define and understand God, the...
Faith Versus Fear in a Chaotic Life and Culture
As I write this essay in July, it is a chaotic and fear-inducing summer. Wars continue in the Middle East and Ukraine; The Supreme Court has issued decisions that appear to be a departure from earlier precedents. We fear that these decisions may weaken the rule of law...
Dog Days
Here we are in the heart of summer – the “dog days,” as some people call them. These are the long, hot, humid, days when life quiets and slows, and stores and churches empty out from seasonal rapture to the shore, or the northeast, or abroad. At St. David’s, the pace...
A Great Cloud of Witnesses
I grew up in the Episcopal Church yet the older I get, the more I am drawn to the lives of the saints. I think what draws me to the saints is the powerful stories of their ordinary lives being transformed by the power of the Spirit. They show us what is possible…
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily...
O Freedom
Freedom does not cost a Christian anything, but it does take a lot of work.
Part of Our Identity
As we continue to grow and move in the love of God, it’s our duty to let the light of Christ shine in us as we minister to those in need, and as we serve others.
An Important Job
“May your kingdom come. May your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10) Dear People of St. David’s, This past weekend we celebrated the Rite of Confirmation at our 10 a.m. worship service in the Chapel. We celebrated thirty-one youth and adults who...
Spiritual Leadership: Part of the Shoe
Everyday James Vukelich publishes an ‘Ojibwe Word of the Day’ on his Facebook page. An enrollee of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, Vukelich is a scholar, teacher, author, public speaker, and authority on Ojibwe culture and language. He is generous about sharing...
Holy, Beloved, and Free
Our collective wisdom and our collective love, beyond difference, is the revolutionary force that raises us all. The Rev. Emily Given asks, how are you stretching yourself, just a bit, in love to raise another up in God’s boundless love?