Rector's Reflections

Nov 302 min read

Rector's Reflection: The Beauty of Advent, November 30, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, I am hoping you all have been having a blessed and relaxing Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving was ...

Nov 161 min read

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Rector's Reflection: RR A Song of Hope in a Weary Throat, November 16, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s This weekend our readings will begin with the story of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, one of the great...

Nov 82 min read

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Rector's Reflection: The Life of St. Martin, Brick by Brick, November 8, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This coming Sunday, we will celebrate our patronal feast for St. Martin of Tours, whose actual feast...

Nov 22 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Folk Just Like You and Me, November 2, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This weekend we will celebrate All Saints and All Souls Day. Those saints are the “hallows” from which...

Oct 262 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Seizing Opportunities, October 26, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This weekend our gospel passage features the last healing story to appear in Mark’s gospel, and it is...

Oct 192 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Here Are The People, October 19, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, If you are of a certain generation, there may be a game you played with your hands as kids: here’s the...

Oct 123 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Open Hands, Open Hearts, October 12, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, One of my favorite scenes in the original Star Wars movie—besides the blowing up of the Death Star—is...

Oct 52 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Seeing the Signs, October 5, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This Sunday we will feature readings honoring St. Francis of Assisi, whose feast day was Friday. St....

Sep 283 min read

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Rector's Reflection: The Spiritual Practice of Getting Back Up, September 28, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s I always hope that when the lessons are read in each week’s liturgy, that we are all listening to each...

Sep 243 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Begin With Happiness, September 21, 2024

First impressions, we are told, mean a lot. First words mean a lot. Think of famous first lines in literature. Elizabeth Barrett Browning...

Sep 143 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Celebrating the Season of Creation, September 14, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, It deserves to be stated often: We are completely and totally not only part of creation, no matter how...

Sep 73 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Open Season, September 7, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, One of the biggest—and most damaging—tendencies in our society right now is the tendency to divide...

Aug 313 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Working Together, August 31, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Happy Labor Day weekend! I hope we all spend it in gratitude for the labor that makes our lives...

Aug 313 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Sparrows, Swallows and Refuge, August 24, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This Sunday we hear from one of my favorite psalms—Psalm 84, which speaks of the joy of standing...

Aug 33 min read

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Rector's Reflection: With God’s Help, July 6, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This Sunday we will be blessed to have the Rt. Rev. Deon Johnson visit us for his scheduled Episcopal...

Jun 152 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Scattering and Sprouting, June 15, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Our gospel reading for this week (Mark 4:26-34) depicts Jesus using humble agricultural metaphors to...

Rector's Reflection: The Love of Law or the Law of Love, June 1, 2024

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Rector's Reflection: The Love of Law or the Law of Love, June 1, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This Sunday in our gospel reading from Mark, we will hear Jesus and his disciples being accused by the...

May 183 min read

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Rector's Reflection: The Language of Love and Reconciliation, May 18, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, This Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost, ending the Easter season and beginning a long season known in the...

May 113 min read

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Rector's Reflection: Not Just Spectators: Rector’s Reflection May 11, 2024, May 11, 2024

Beloved Members of St. Martin’s, Although, as we can’t be reminded enough, Easter is a season that lasts 50 days, there is a notable...

May 42 min read

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Rector's Reflection: The Concerto of Praise and Wonder, May 4, 2024

Beloved members of St. Martin’s, Last night, despite being caught in a 45-minute- long traffic jam on the interstate, we were able to...