Rogation Days | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
As our church garden bursts forth its springtime beauty, and the bees buzz happily among the flowers, we celebrate Rogation Days in the church calendar. These are the three days prior to Ascension Day...
View ArticleBarnabas the Encouraging Apostle | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
One of my favorite things about St. Barnabas, whose feast day we commemorate on Monday (transferred from Sunday), is that his name means “son of encouragement.” It is particularly notable, because...
View ArticleWalking Meditation | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
With the nicer weather of summer upon us, you might think about shaking up your prayer life a bit. One spiritual practice that often gets forgotten is to use walking as a prayer. In fact, monks and...
View ArticleThe Spiritual Practice of Napping | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
In these dog days of summer, you might want to try a new spiritual practice ─ napping! To be sure, this is not what we typically think of when we imagine prayer practices. Our ideas may tend more...
View ArticleAidan Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651 | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
Aidan was a monk at St. Columba’s monastery on the island of Iona in the seventh century. Upon hearing that a fellow monk had gotten nowhere in preaching the gospel to the northern English, Aidan piped...
View ArticleHappy Michaelmas! | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
Today, Friday, September 29, is the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels. It might be a particularly auspicious day to be open to how angels are present in our own lives. Here is John O’Donohue’s A...
View ArticleSaint Simon, Saint Jude, and All the Saints | The Rev. Susan E. Hill,...
On Saturday, October 28, the Church celebrates the feast of Saint Simon and Saint Jude. Despite having a feast day dedicated to them, we don’t know much about either man. They were named as apostles in...
View ArticleKeep the Gratitude Going | The Rev. Susan E Hill, Associate Rector
We aren’t quite in Advent yet, but the season begins soon ─ next Sunday, December 3rd. Actually, some believe Advent should start a bit earlier ─ after the Feast of St. Andrew on November 30. And...
View ArticleThe Winter Solstice | The Rev. Susan E. Hill, Associate Rector
At 10:27 pm Eastern time, Thursday, December 21st, we passed the Winter Solstice. This marked the moment when the North Pole, which had been tilting farther and farther away from the Sun started to...
View ArticleThe Legacies of Saint Peter and Saint Paul | The Rev. Susan E. Hill,...
This past Thursday, January 18th, was the feast day marking the Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle. On that day, we remembered the gospel story (Matthew 16:13-19) of Peter proclaiming the identity...
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