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May 11, 2012: Glorious Inner Strength (Pastor Mary, Mother's Day)

May 4, 2012: Pray Not Say the Nicene Creed

April 27, 2012: Negativity Fast, Encouragement Feast (Pastor Mary)

April 20, 2012: Hands and Feet (Rev. Kate)

April 13, 2012: Special Message from Pastor Mary

April 5, 2012: Special Holy Week e-Pistle

March 30, 2012: Your Extra Coat Does Not Belong to You -- It Belongs to the Poor

March 23, 2012: Religion Is to Blame for Its Own Defeats

March 16, 2012: Fighting Fear and Worry (Rev. Kate)

March 9, 2012: Which Wolf Will Win?

March 2, 2012: Why We Should Fast from Overly Focusing on Our Sin and Brokenness

February 24, 2012: Bouncing Back After Striking Out Early Ash Wednesday

February 17, 2012: Negativity Fast

February 10, 2012: Microwave Culture, Crockpot Faith

February 3, 2012: Inconsistent Thoughts

January 27, 2012: Spirits Good and Bad

January 20, 2012: Learner's Permits and That Helpless, Misty, Melancholic Feeling That Life Is Going Faster Than You Are

January 13, 2012: Doritos, and Vegetable Trays

January 6, 2012: S'more

December 31, 2011: New Year's Eve

December 30, 2011: I Hereby Resolve to...

December 23, 2011: Christmas Eve

December 16, 2011: It's Personal

December 9, 2011: Courthouse Nativity

December 2, 2011: Donald Goodness, Alternative Gift Market, and Advent

November 23, 2011: An "Attitude of Gratitude" -- Part of the Reason Jesus Is Poor, for Us

November 17, 2011: A Message from Jim Quinn, Senior Warden

November 11, 2011: How Do We Honor Veterans?

November 4, 2011: Gratitude

October 28, 2011: The "How" Question, Part 2

October 21, 2011: How?

October 14, 2011: An Ancient Antidote to Stress and Overtiredness

October 7, 2011: We Work Too Hard

September 30, 2011: Ten Freedoms, Ten Blessings

September 23, 2011: No Time

September 16, 2011: A New Good Way to Pray

September 9, 2011: What Makes Us Different

September 1, 2011: Haiti

August 26, 2011: What's Behind All the Anxiety?

August 19, 2011: Summer's Over. What's Now, What's Next?

August 11, 2011: All I Want Is You

August 5, 2011: August

July 29, 2011: Your Currently Most Dominant Thought

July 22, 2011: Saint(s) Alive!

July 15, 2011: The Persistence of the Holy One Who Won't Stop Sowing. Ever.

July 8, 2011: Gift of Music

July 1, 2011: Independence Day and Imperfection

June 24, 2011: Do What You Are Doing

June 16, 2011: Electronic Devices and the "Sacrament of the Present Moment"

June 10, 2011: Staying Centered Through the Summer

June 3, 2011: Youth Sunday, Prayer Request, and Finding God in Transitions

May 26, 2011: Memorial Day Thoughts

May 19, 2011: Make Plans for Sunday

May 13, 2011: Leadership

May 6, 2011: The Royal Wedding, bin Laden...and Mother's Day?

April 29, 2011: What Draws People to a Particular Church?

April 21, 2011: Holy Week and Easter

April 15, 2011: Big Weekend

April 7, 2011: Coats

March 30, 2011: Finding God in All Things

March 24, 2011: The Three 'S's' of Keeping a Good Lent

March 18, 2011: Not Easy. But Quite Simple

March 15, 2011: Responding to Devastation in Japan

March 10, 2011: Lenten Resolutions

March 3, 2011: Rules, Relationship

February 24, 2011: Turn Your Worries Into Prayers

February 18, 2011: Our Liberation

February 11, 2011: Jesus Raises the Bar Impossibly High

February 3, 2011: Because It's Good. For You.

January 27, 2011: Disciples. In Community.

January 20, 2011: Honor Your Mentor

January 13, 2011: A Word of Encouragement

January 6, 2011: Epiphany, and Epiphanies About "The Work of Christmas"

December 30, 2010: Making New Year's Resolutions?

December 24, 2010: The Line to See Jesus

December 17, 2010: Just When We've Made Our Minds Up, God's Dreams Interrupt. . .

December 10, 2010: Snow, and a Meaningful Advent and Christmas

December 3, 2010: Capturing the True Spirit of Christmas

November 23, 2010: Thanksgiving

November 19, 2010: Celebrate Good Times

November 12, 2010: We've Come a Long Way, But Have a Long Way to Go

November 5, 2010: Waiting

October 29, 2010: Rejoice and Give Thanks, Saints of God!

October 22, 2010: Feeling Good About What the Church Has Been, Is About to Be, and Why You Should Make a Pledge

October 15, 2010: Running a Marathon, and a Strong Faith in God, Part Deux

October 8, 2010: Brussels Sprouts

October 1, 2010: Running a Marathon, and a Strong Faith in God

September 24, 2010: Developing a Deeper Sense of Community and Connectedness

September 16, 2010: Thanks Be to God

September 10, 2010: Being the Church

September 3, 2010: Labor Day and Routines

August 26, 2010: The Danger of Listening

August 20, 2010: Followers of Religion, or Followers of Jesus?

August 13, 2010: Know Jesus, No Peace

August 6, 2010: Financial Safety

July 30, 2010: Praying for Vision

July 23, 2010: Flabby with Small Passions

July 16, 2010: Mission on the Bay

July 9, 2010: The Good Samaritan

July 2, 2010: Fireworks of Independence

June 25, 2010: Letting Go

June 18, 2010: Father's Day

June 11, 2010: Breakaway Churches and the "Coach Norman Dale Approach to Confrontation"

June 10, 2010: Breaking News: Court Rules in Favor of Diocese; Division Statute Does Not Apply

June 4, 2010: Sympathy Cripples; Compassion Liberates

May 28, 2010: Guest Column--Memorial Day Thoughts

May 21, 2010: Regarding the Vision Survey

May 14, 2010: Are We Following Jesus, or Christianity?

May 7, 2010: Building on Past Successes

April 30, 2010: Your Church Needs Your Help

April 23, 2010: Our Truest Identity

April 16, 2010: Common Enemy = Leadership Laziness

April 9, 2010: Why Church?

March 26, 2010 We Have an Enemy

March 19, 2010 No Time to Rest?

March 12, 2010 The Only Person We Can Change

March 5, 2010 Living Without Noise (Rev. Kate)

February 26, 2010 Becoming a Better Person

February 19, 2010 Turn Around (Pastor Mary)

February 12, 2010 Patience -- A Fruit of the Holy Spirit

February 5, 2010 Last Bag of Lettuce

January 22, 2010 Help for Haiti

January 15, 2010 God's Will and the Earthquake in Haiti

January 10, 2010 Annual Meeting and Vestry Election

December 23, 2009 God's Self-Disclosure at Christmas

December 18, 2009 In the Bleak Midwinter

December 11, 2009 The Reality of Christmas and Our Culture

December 4, 2009 Joyful Anticipation of Christmas

November 25, 2009 Thanksgiving Paradigm Shift

November 20, 2009 Reasons for Thanksgiving

November 13, 2009 Gifts Given and Received at Bromley (Rev. Kate)

November 6, 2009 Encoutering God at the Men's Retreat and Through Pledging

October 30, 2009 About Halloween

October 23, 2009 Scatter Joy

October 16, 2009 Stewards of God's Mysteries

October 9, 2009 Praying Out of Thanks (Rev. Kate)

October 2, 2009 Hand Sanitizers and Sin

September 25, 2009 Passion for What We Do

September 18, 2009 Wearing Love (Pastor Mary)

September 11, 2009 God Meets Us Where We Are

September 4, 2009 When Clergy Are Normal

August 28, 2009 Church Is Not Your Time Alone With God

August 21, 2009 Computer Crash

August 14, 2009 Eating and Drinking Jesus (Rev. Kate)

August 7, 2009 Reading Carnival Camp Successful

July 31, 2009 God's "Accountable Compassion"

July 24, 2009 General Convention Commentary (Pastor Mary)