Acts chapter seven tells the story of St. Stephen’s martyrdom. Dying for our faith isn’t something that we’ve had to grapple with in any meaningful way in recent history –
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Acts 6:1-9 is just a small sampler of a bigger problem that the first Christian communities had to deal with. It’s a good lesson for us to wrestle through for
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1 Peter 2:2-10 is one of those fascinating passages from the New Testament which, if you miss the sacramental context of Peter’s first letter, you miss the bigger whole. As
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Gotta love those frame freezes! Oh well – what do you do. Our lectionary readings through St. Peter’s first letter, however, allow us the opportunity to dig into some challenging
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This line, from the third article of the Nicene Creed, rolls off the tongue – and sometimes too quickly. What we forget is that part of our confession of faith
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Peter’s words here are good for us to take to heart as we look forward to getting out of quarantine and isolation. Our experiences shape the way in which we
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I’m running a day late with my Easter week meditations. Wednesday’s Gospel reading is taken from John 21:1-14 and is the account of where Jesus appeared to the disciples while
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