Author Archives: Fr. Matt Rucker

A Meditation on John 2:13-22

By Fr. Matt Rucker on March 5, 2021 in From Our Pastors

In preparation for Sunday, I was overjoyed to read our Gospel passage and realize that being a “Christ Like leader” sometimes means fashioning a whip and getting things done. What…

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A Meditation on Genesis 22

By Fr. Matt Rucker on February 26, 2021 in From Our Pastors

When I meet new people outside of the church, the question of what I do for a living inevitably comes up. When I answer that question, the response I get…

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Where Does Lent Come From?

By Fr. Matt Rucker on February 19, 2021 in From Our Pastors

Around the time that Christianity was officially legalized within the Roman Empire (312), a Bishop and historian named Eusius of Caesarea began the important work of recording the early history…

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A Reflection on the Gospel Reading from the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany

By Fr. Matt Rucker on February 5, 2021 in From Our Pastors

“Immediately there was a man in the synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to…

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Anglicanism: Does it Even Matter?

By Fr. Matt Rucker on January 29, 2021 in Christian Unity, From Our Pastors

“There be two manner of things in this world. Things that be necessary, and must be done, because that God has commanded them. And these things no man is able…

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