“When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything behind and followed him.” – Luke 5:11…Friends, That is maybe the most frightening phrase in the Bible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it like this in The Cost of Discipleship: “Costly grace confronts us as a gracious call to follow Jesus… It is costly because it compels a person to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow where he is going.”
“When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything behind and followed him.” – Luke 5:11…Friends, That is maybe the most frightening phrase in the Bible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer puts it like this in The Cost of Discipleship: “Costly grace confronts us as a gracious call to follow Jesus… It is costly because it compels a person to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow where he is going.”
I don’t know about you, but some days lately, I feel pretty drained. It’s hard to deal with one more piece of news. It’s a challenge to summon the energy to respond to one more problem or situation.
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Over the last several days, the power of words has been on full display. Proclamations, addresses, orders, organizational memos, statements, and lots and lots of emails, tweets, texts, and posts are swirling around us, each claiming to convey messages of import. So many words, so little time.
I don’t know about you, but some days lately, I feel pretty drained. It’s hard to deal with one more piece of news. It’s a challenge to summon the energy to respond to one more problem or situation.
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This week, as we move into the season of Epiphany, the season of the liturgical cycle where we learn more about Jesus and his life, we celebrate Baptism of Jesus Sunday.
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Epiphany, marking the day when the Wise Ones arrive in Bethlehem to see the infant Jesus, has the larger meaning of ‘shining forth’ or ‘becoming clear’.
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Join us at St. Paul & St. Andrew for our Christmas Eve services.
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We’ve waited all year – it’s almost here! The cherished St Paul & St Andrew Service of Lessons & Carols, that is! This Sunday at 11am, Dr. Frank Glass, the Choir, and wonderful instrumentalists will join together to bring Christmas closer.
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It’s the fabulous St. Paul & St. Andrew Christmas Pageant! This year’s pageant is “The Writers’ Room.”
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