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.
Blessing the Children
Dear People of St. David’s, I was away from St. David’s from 2004 to 2022, serving several other Episcopal churches. Even so, I remained connected: this is our sons’ parish, and we expect, at length, to join my mother in our graveyard. It is hard to overstate the...
Seeking Peace. Together.
“…And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:7 When talking with many of you recently, the word that seems to bubble up in our conversations is “peace.” Each of you, in different...
Some Old Time Hospitality
Hospitality and welcome are two of the oldest mandates in Scripture. As he is experiencing welcome himself this week, the Rev. Rick Morley reflects on the kind of hospitality and welcome the Bible asks us to extend.
What Are We Doing Here?
Q. What is the mission of the Church? A. The mission of the Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. Book of Common Prayer, p. 855 Dear People of St. David’s, Bill and I were married at St. David’s 41 years ago this week. Someone...
Harvest comes slowly; sow abundantly anyway
Growing things, planting seeds and waiting for the harvest, takes a lot of patience. How do we extend what we learn in our gardens into the lives we live in community?
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...