May 8, 2024 Another poem for Eastertide! Into One Spiritan Eastertide poem, on baptismSarah Agnew it runs, it frolics, it drives a pathinto the earthslowly deeperquickening keeper of the rootsfurrowed alongsidefrom the profligate scatteringof seeds some time agoit runsa way both followingand beckoning, respondingand callingit runsaloneyours aloneand yet it joinsa river running far beneath all riversearth […]

April 24, 2024 Easter is a season of 50 days, not one. It is a season. A season longer than Lent. Longer than Advent. Longer than Christmastide. Longer than Epiphany (most of the time). Every one of these fifty days, for which we are now at the midpoint, is an invitation to focus attention on resurrection. […]

an Eastertide poemMary Oliver I have refused to livelocked in the orderly house of     reasons and proofs.The world I live in and believe inis wider than that. And anyway,     what’s wrong with Maybe?You wouldn’t believe what once ortwice I have seen. I’ll just     tell you this:only if there are angels in your head will you     ever, possibly, see one. […]

by Dick Fichter, Parishionerwith support from Rev. Dina, RectorApril 3, 2024 Happy Easter, Did You Enjoy Decorating Easter Eggs or an Easter Egg Hunt? Easter is the feast of Christ’s resurrection (Episcopal Glossary). According to Bede, the word derives from the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Eostre. Christians in England applied the word to the principal festival […]

a series by Dick Fichter, Parishionerwith support from Rev. Dina, RectorMarch 20, 2024 The following contains substantial portions from an article by Professor Doug Linder on the Famous Trials Website, The Trial of Jesus: An Account (2002), and also from the Living in Christ series, the Political and Religious Structure in Jesus’ Time, Saint Mary’s […]

a series by Dick Fichter, Parishionerwith support from Rev. Dina, RectorMarch 13, 2024 The following contains substantial portions from an article by Professor Doug Linder on the Famous Trials Website, The Trial of Jesus: An Account (2002) and also from the Living in Christ series, The Political and Religious Structure in Jesus’ Time, Saint Mary’s […]

a series by Dick Fichter, Parishionerwith support from Rev. Dina, RectorMarch 6, 2024 The following contains substantial portions from an article by Professor Doug Linder on the Famous Trials Website, The Trial of Jesus: An Account (2002) and also from the Living in Christ series, The Political and Religious Structure in Jesus’ Time, Saint Mary’s […]

a series by Dick Fichter, Parishionerwith support from Rev. Dina, RectorFebraury 28, 2024 The following contains substantial portions from an article by Professor Doug Linder on the Famous Trials Website, The Trial of Jesus: An Account (2002) and also from the Living in Christ series, The Political and Religious Structure in Jesus’ Time, Saint Mary’s […]

a series by Dick Fichter, Parishionerwith support from Rev. Dina, RectorFebraury 21, 2024 At this time of the year, we have fresh in our minds the trial of Jesus as presented in the gospels of the New Testament (NT). The trial and punishment described there is a mixture of civil and religious proceedings. Today, when we think […]

Can’t Spell Valentine without LENT Febraury 14, 2024 A week or so ago, I cam across this meme thanks to a Facebook posting by someone I’ve never met. The week before that I was joking with some folks about what might be on conversation hearts for this year’s Valentine-Ash Wednesday combo. I’m not sure I’ll […]