True Sacrifice – Christine Kline
The Gospel of Mark lesson regarding the offering of the poor widow seems to perfectly align with my life. I grew up going to church in Northern Indiana. I watched my parents struggle to give their offerings. I knew that giving was important but I did not understand why. As Ken and I were married, […]
True Gratitude – Helen Wells
In Mark 10 Jesus tells His disciples what the future holds for Him: suffering, humiliation and death. Immediately after, James and John come to Him and ask to sit one on His right hand and one on His left hand when He comes to glory. Jesus is angered by this request. Have they not understood […]
True Security – Charlie Harris
As I look around St. Johns today, much has changed since I was baptized here in 1957. Throughout my childhood and young adult life, I took for granted what St. Johns provided for me, my family, our church family, and our community. As I aged ( I prefer “seasoned”), I gained a deeper understanding of […]
True Prosperity – Allison Prillaman (video)
Tending the Garden – by Keith Miller
The Stewardship Committee has been assembled, and I was tasked with writing this meditation on stewardship in light of Psalms 8. When I re-read the Psalms, I was immediately reminded of Genesis and God giving Adam and Eve charge over the Garden of Eden and dominion over all of the creatures therein, and then I […]
Honoring Peoples’ Time – a message from the rector
The vestry recently had a discussion of how we can cut out some of the dead time in the 10:30 service. By ‘dead’, they didn’t mean those moments of fruitful, quiet contemplation, often accompanied by musicians. No; ‘dead time’ is when we watch people walking around as we wait for the next item of worship […]
Loving All of It – by Emily Howard
I have a confession to make. I do not subscribe to the “everything happens for a reason” mantra. I think it is trite at best and spiritually and emotionally harmful at worst. People who say it mean well, I know. But when I am going through a hard time it really is not helpful to […]