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April 19, 2008
Patti Powell - Homily for Fr. Mike's Memorial
Saturday April 19 - Memorial for Father Mike Spillane Julie, Mike’s beloved wife, has ordered me to be funny. And short. Now, I’m a lawyer—and as a race we lawyers are not known for being funny or short. I...
Keep Reading »April 13, 2008
Beth Foote - April 13, 2008
John 10: 1-10, Psalm 23, Acts 2: 24-47 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want… Last week we gathered here at Trinity and heard from my good friend Katie Evenbeck, Director of St. Dorothy’s Rest retreat center in...
Keep Reading »February 17, 2008
Beth Foote - Feb 17, 2008
Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17; John 3: 1-17; Psalm 121 Tomorrow is the Feast Day of Martin Luther on the Episcopal calendar of Saints. I mention this because The Letter of Paul to the Romans made such a dramatic impression on...
Keep Reading »February 06, 2008
Beth Foote - Ash Wednesday 2008
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust… Last Saturday my family and I went to the burial service for Irene Totah, a dedicated Christian who lived to be 92 years old. Irene was one of those people who seemed timeless, eternally...
Keep Reading »February 03, 2008
Frannie Hall Keischnick - Feb 3, 2008
In Les Miserables, Jean Valjean, hardened by 19 years of hard labor, has stolen precious silver from the bishop who has welcomed him into his home, fed him, and given him a bed. Valjean has been captured and returned by...
Keep Reading »January 20, 2008
Fred Heard - January 20, 2008
January 20, 2008 My mother’s 88 year old twin brother died last week and he was the last of the children of my maternal grandparents. The graveside service was in small Fossil, Oregon and there were 40 or 45 people...
Keep Reading »January 13, 2008
Beth Foote - January 13, 2008
The Rev. Beth Foote January 13, 2008 Isaiah 42: 1-9 Matthew 3:13-17 I love baptisms. Being newly ordained, baptizing is one of the things I’m most excited about doing in the coming years. In the last year and a half...
Keep Reading »November 18, 2007
Frannie Kieschnick - Nov 18, 2007
I do not like airplanes. I love traveling to far away places but flying makes me fearful and anxious. Especially after 9/11, it often finds me separated from my stomach and clutching the armrests. On a recent flight, the turbulence was especially troubling- I usually find some reassurance by checking to see that the flight attendants are showing no signs of panic, but there were none in sight - so slightly panicked, I pulled out my traveling Bible At this point my seat mate leaned over and asked, "Do you know something we don't know?"
Keep Reading »November 11, 2007
Beth Foote - November 11, 2007
My husband is the fifth of six brothers, and I love each one of my brothers in law dearly… but I cringe when I read today’s gospel, and imagine the plight of that poor woman the Sadducces would have marry one brother after another to fulfill the Law of Moses…It also reminded me how as a woman I am so fortunate to live my life in the 21st century.
Who were the Sadducces? This is their one appearance in the gospels. They were a Jewish sect who did not believe in the resurrection. We know a lot about the Pharisees, and we know that the Essenes were another more mystical sect.
Keep Reading »October 14, 2007
Fred Heard - October 14, 2007
It’s Thanksgiving—at least in this morning’s gospel. During bible study last Thursday most of our discussion centered on the idea that we should always remember to say thanks to God. Reality is that we do not. Are we more polite with our family and friends when it comes to saying thank you than we are with God? Did anyone ever fail to say thanks to you? How did it feel? The Trinity School children gave me a beautiful picture of St. Francis in my garden last Thursday. It truly is a magnificent photograph…but instantly they looked to me for my reaction and I smiled and said, “Thank you” several times. That is what they were looking for and they have been taught that they should expect that response.
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- Patti Powell - Homily for Fr. Mike's Memorial
- Beth Foote - April 13, 2008
- Beth Foote - Feb 17, 2008
- Beth Foote - Ash Wednesday 2008
- Frannie Hall Keischnick - Feb 3, 2008
- Fred Heard - January 20, 2008
- Beth Foote - January 13, 2008
- Frannie Kieschnick - Nov 18, 2007
- Beth Foote - November 11, 2007
- Fred Heard - October 14, 2007
- Fred Heard - October 7, 2007
- Beth Foote - Sept 30 2007
- Patti Powell - Sept. 16 2007
- Beth Foote - Aug 5, 2007
- Fred Heard - July 29, 2007
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