Author Archives: Fr. Chris Schutte

Liturgically, this Sunday is the Last Sunday after The Epiphany, thus the last Sunday before Lent. The gospel reading for this Sunday is always an account of the Transfiguration, that…

Over the past two weeks several of you have asked me about the recent meeting of Anglican leaders in Canterbury. I’ll confess a general ambivalence about spending time discussing the…

This Sunday, January 24, we will have our annual congregational meeting. Each year at our annual meeting we share reports on the past year, present the budget approved by the…

Last week we explored the tension between the external signs – the visible church and its sacraments – and the internal work of the Spirit as we seek to walk…

This Sunday, the first Sunday after the feast of the Epiphany, we celebrate the baptism of Jesus. Jesus’ baptism has often puzzled Christians. Jesus was baptized by John, and John’s…