by Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. (Job 2:25) In the fall of 2017, we observed the 50th Anniversary of our Confirmations and entry into the...
by Staff | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Lent has always been a very important time of the church calendar at St. Michael’s. Growing up as a child of the parish in 1950s and 1960s, observation of Lent was something every church member took seriously. Everyone made very careful decisions about what each would...
by Staff | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“It’s all about the process”. That is what I heard while studying art in college. “If you don’t like the process of creating art, then you won’t like being an artist”. This is a truism: the process itself is where the product of art comes from. It is the emotional,...
by Staff | Feb 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
As we walk through this forty day Lenten journey of prayer, fasting, and reflection — in preparation for Easter — it can be hard to decide what actions to take. With that, below are a few creative Lenten ideas that will help shift the focus off of self and onto...
by Staff | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Eight times in the Bible, the period of 40 days is mentioned. The first reference pertains to our Old Testament reading for this Sunday — Genesis 9. Genesis 9 is the end of the flood, where God makes his covenant to never again destroy the earth by water. The sign of...
by Staff | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Lent is coming! Yay?!? Okay, so most of us don’t approach Lent with that kind of enthusiasm. A 40-day period of self-denial and prayer might not be something we look forward to each year, and it may be one of the most difficult church traditions to talk about with...
by Staff | Jan 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
In my role as Pastoral Care Assistant I am presented with many opportunities to see God’s work in the restoration of both body and faith. I would like to share with you two examples of how the work of the Holy Spirit was shown to me recently. One example is a man I...
