Wednesday Word

May
31
2023

Earth to Earth, Ashes to Ashes, and a New Normal

My parents live in Bonney Lake.”

I was talking with someone recently who had a general knowledge of western Washington. They had friends or family or something who lived in Enumclaw or...

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May
24
2023

Twenty-five Hundred

Sometimes I don't even know where to begin. Sometimes I just have to sit with the news and try to take it all in. And sometimes what I'm taking in is so overwhelming, so paralyzing, so beyond...

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May
17
2023

Come and See

And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly...

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May
10
2023

Connections

This past Sunday afternoon through yesterday morning Dcn. Sue and I attended the annual Clergy Conference. This year it was held at the Claggett Center just outside of Frederick.

Over the past two...

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May
3
2023

Bearing Witness to Christ

Back in February or March of 2017 I participated in my first Vestry retreat here at Saint John's. I asked the Vestry at that time, “What is the mission statement of Saint John's?”

The...

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