The vibrancy of life here at St. Peter’s makes my service on our staff a joy and privilege. Visitation, teaching and preaching are the ministries that feed my pastoral identity, as together our staff and lay members share in our missional calling … Building a community of faith by God’s grace.
New Day Sermon Pentecost 8 As we hear the familiar “Parable of the Rich Fool” we are reminded of both the curse of placing too much trust in material possessions, and also the problem of isolating ourselves from others around us.
We extend our thanks to Brendan Armitage for providing this week’s devotion. “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.” Exodus 20:2 Pedro greets you from somewhere “South of the border”…. I’m not referring to our national border, of course, but simply the area of…
New Day Sermon Pentecost 4 A different look at the familiar Mary and Martha story, which offers the possibility of living in the tension found between Martha’s actions and Mary’s listening.
New Day Sermon Trinity Sunday What can we really say about the Trinity? We have lots of words, all of which try to describe it. Maybe it is as simple as God’s creative efforts to be present to us “in many and various ways.”
The first half of today’s sermon was delivered as an oral narrative from the sanctuary floor and is identified by bold-italic text. The remaining traditional sermon comments are in regular print. When the day came, I found myself surrounded by lots of people. I heard languages that I could not understand. I heard Spanish being…
This week’s devotion is written by Emily, a student at Pepperdine University. This devotion was offered by one of our church staff members yesterday at our all-staff meeting. It came to us through an extended family member who is Emily’s teacher. Yesterday was the one-month mark. Almost exactly a month ago I was trapped in…
