The Gospel writers each give a word-painting of what Christmas and Incarnation means. John puts us in awe of God and Word beyond all time and space; Luke’s focus is on the equally shocking earthly everyday-ness of God among us.

This post Christmas Day – Telescope and Microscope is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

Following the beautiful tradition of music as a framework, we can see the birth of Jesus as a way that God becomes incarnate into our ordinary lives.

This post Singing a new song: Christmas is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

With harsh, fiery words, John the Baptist calls us to prepare the way of our hearts by releasing what is holding us back, so that we may welcome with peace and joy the coming of Christ.

This post Repentance as Renewal is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

Jesus’ words about the destruction of the world are scary-but don’t we long for change and for the Peaceable Kingdom foretold in Isaiah?

This post The End of the World is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

In this prophecy of the destruction of the Temple, Jesus still assures us that God will be with us when we meet our personal moments of crisis.

This post When, Not It is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

Just as saints are highly imperfect, the places we gather need not be fancy.

This post Pieces Are Enough is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

The Feast of All Saints is a call to all of us—with all our abilities and shortcomings—to offer our time, treasure and talent to each other and to the world.

This post Calling All Saints is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.

Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector challenges us to view our own places of hypocrisy and to bend our prayers as not a performance, but to respond to the mercy already leaning toward us. Prayer, especially our tradition of common prayer, is how we live in humility, in relationship, and in grace: not getting life “right,” but letting ourselves be received by our loving, liberating, life-giving God.

This post Hypocrisy, Humility, and Holiness is on the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church website.