With the end of the school year, we come again to summer, to a time of vacation and rest, when we think of beaches and fireworks, grilling outside and going to summer festivals. And for St. Stephen’s, this year is full of anticipation and renewal, with activities and opportunities throughout the …
A Word: The Promise
True peace, the Spirit, and actually livingEaster 6C | John 14:23-29 The lectionary gave us an odd cut here because it doesn’t want the first part of the passage just yet — it is a little too Pentecosty. Jesus and his disciples are in the midst of the Last Supper, they’ve done …
Sabbath and Peace
In the list of commands God gave to Moses to share with the Hebrew people, they made rest one of them. A command to rest weekly. A holy pattern. And that same pattern was to work at every scale. Every seventh day, then every seventh year. A whole year of rest. God also invites us to associate …
