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A Good Gala

Posted on April 18, 2016 by jimq2012

Yesterday evening I called a few parishioners to thank them for their help in making Planting the Seeds of Hope, our annual parish Gala and auction, a rousing success.  100% of the proceeds from this annual event at St. Alban’s Church will be given to … Continue reading →

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Put Those Wretches to a Miserable Death

Posted on February 26, 2016 by matthewhanisian

“They said to him, ‘He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time.’ Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the … Continue reading →

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Falconer

Posted on December 2, 2015 by deborahmeister

The naturalist Helen Macdonald’s memoir, H is for Hawk,  tells of a year in which Helen wrestled with the reality of her father’s death by attempting to tame a particularly fierce kind of hawk. Early in her time with the … Continue reading →

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Light and Dark

Posted on October 29, 2015 by sonyasutton

first posted on October 31, 2013 We are near the Eve of All Hallows (or All Saints as it is more commonly known now and shortened to “Halloween” of course), and this Sunday is All Saints Day, that feast day … Continue reading →

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Gardening Hymns

Posted on June 11, 2015 by sonyasutton

Some of you may have read an article about prison gardens in Monday’s Washington Post [Prison Gardens, article], and if you are anything like me, your response was a big “DUH”. Of course nurturing something, in this case fruits and … Continue reading →

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Todo Bien

Posted on May 27, 2015 by deborahmeister

The last two weeks have been hard ones in the church I serve. (Those of you who are there will know why.) We’ve been impacted by several losses, both in our church and in our community, none of them easy. … Continue reading →

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The Other Trinity

Posted on May 11, 2015 by jimq2012

In a weekday adult education offering at St. Alban’s Church we’ve been reading a new book by theologian Ellen Davis (Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology, Discipleship and Ministry).  Chapter 4 begins with a quote from author, poet and conservationist  Wendell Berry:  There seems to … Continue reading →

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Word of The Day: Death

Posted on April 3, 2015 by matthewhanisian

Death All of us will die.  But we do not have to fear death.  Why?  Today, as Christians, we mark the day that Jesus died for the redemption of the whole world.  The fact that God’s son…and therefore God…died–knows the … Continue reading →

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Kayla’s letter

Posted on February 11, 2015 by deborahmeister

This morning, I went to a Bible study in which the discussion kept turning, over and over, to a letter that was written by Kayla Mueller, the young American woman who died recently in the custody of Isis. It is … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day

Posted on January 30, 2015 by matthewhanisian

Wonders Psalm 40, Morning Prayer for Friday, January 30 We often think of God’s wonders as being huge, large and impressive–like the grand vista of time and space.  We also tend to zip on by thousands of wonders every day, … Continue reading →

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