Author Archives: Fr. Chris Schutte

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…