Rector’s Blog

We are approaching the halfway point of the Easter season. Our Gospel readings now switch from stories of Easter Day to the identity of Jesus – those famous “I am” statements in the Gospel of John. What is your identity? If you were to craft some statements such as “I am the good shepherd,” “I […]

I hope you had a chance to get out and enjoy some of the warmer weather this week. It is starting to feel like spring, and I am so enjoying watching the daffodils, crocuses and other flowers poke their heads out of the ground. In another sign of Spring – the Strawberry Fest sign-up sheets

Happy Easter! I hope you are having a wonderful first week of Easter (remember, Easter is 50 days). Thank you also to everyone who voted on Tuesday, I got to see several of you at the Oconomowoc polling station. The numbers are in! We were able to fully fund two new pet chip readers for

Happy Easter! After 40 (or 46) days of preparation, we arrived at victory, at triumph, at resurrection! Today is the archetype for the rest of our Sunday celebrations – an affirmation that God’s love is stronger than our hate, violence and death. Today we join Mary, looking for God, only to have God call us

Palm Sunday is our first step into Holy Week. After forty days of preparing and fasting, we enter into the action of processions, last words, arrests and trials. We remember in real time the events of Jesus’ last week before he died. We commemorate his welcome into Jerusalem, his refusal to be the expected Messiah,

We are nearing the end of Lent. What seems like such a long season at its start, now quickly comes to a close. Please know that this Sunday is your last chance to sign out for the Lay Ministry Sign Up Sheet. If you are going to be gone, please sign out so you are

How do we search for healing in our lives? I was reminded this week of a quote by Blaise Pascal: “What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This he tries in

Blessed third week of Lent. I hope you are finding the places and ways that God is springing up in your life. As we swing between spring and winter, I hope you find yourself standing firm on God’s foundation. We have successfully raised the necessary money for two pet chip readers for the Summit Police

From Mother Pippa Lent is a busy season, and that is certainly true here at St. Mary’s. I hope you will join us Wednesdays for: Morning Prayer and Eucharist (9 a.m. in the Chapel); Living Compass Study (9:30 a.m. in the Chapel); Evening Prayer (6 p.m. in the Parish Hall); Soup Dinner (6:30 p.m. in

We are now in Lent! That time of growing closer to God, to grow and lengthen with the longer days. We mimic the flowers that sprout and share their gifts with the world. I hope you will join us for Soup and Substance on Wednesday evenings as we learn our own gifts and work to