"God of work and rest and pleasure grant that what we do this week may be for us an offering rather than a burden; and for those we serve, may it be the help they need.” A New Zealand Prayer Book Could our daily work become an offering for God and somehow also serve those in need? I often ask this question on days when I am stuck under seas of paperwork or have an endless amount of emails coming through that, very rarely, have anything to do with me and my work. I do not thin

I spend more time on Facebook than I should. I get through most of it reasonably quickly. I will stop to read an interesting post from one of the groups I follow, and I will like and share items from St. Stephen's. I spend WAY too much time looking at cat photos. Then there are the videos where the captions say, "Wait for it." I'm a sucker. I almost always watch, and I'm almost always disappointed. Did I waste three minutes on that? A video showed up recently either with no c

“ The news has been shared! With Mary Magdalene and all of the apostles, with saints throughout the centuries, with our ancestors in faith, I, too, proclaim to you: Alleluia! Christ is Risen!” Christ is risen indeed, Alleluia (Excerpt from the Easter Vigil) April 14, 2021 Eighth Pastoral Letter – Return to In-person Worship Offering & COVID-19 update My Dear Friends, There is a great old Easter hymn that goes “The strife is o'er, the battle done; the victory of life is won;

Last May Dave and I got two new kittens. They are sisters we named Carlton and Ritz. Because of their markings I sometimes think of them as Confused and Concerned. Occasionally, I do something that they just don't know how to deal with. For example, we have settled into a pretty quiet daily existence. Unless I have the TV on, the only noise is the traffic outside. But every two weeks I need to record a song for the chorus I'm in. I will spend a morning singing, loudly. And I