Author Archives: Fr. Chris Schutte

Report from Guatemala

For the past three days I’ve been in Guatemala City along with six others from Christ Church spending time with Lemonade International. It’s been an incredible three days – full…

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Reading and Meditating

On Ash Wednesday liturgy, we were called to the observance of a “holy Lent,” a season in which we focus, among other things, on “self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and…

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Called to Repentance

Two weeks ago I offered a brief reflection on the Lenten discipline of self-examination. In the Ash Wednesday liturgy, the call to self-examination is coupled with “repentance.” What does repentance…

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Jesus for the Disillusioned: Reflections on the Award-Winning “Ida”

I watched 2014 Polish film Ida, which won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The movie, set in 1962 Poland and shot in stark black-and-white, is about a…

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Praying and Planning

This Sunday, 3/1, between the services we’ll have one of our periodic “Update” Sundays. I’ll share a bit about what is going on in the congregation generally, and leave time…

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