Weekly Encouragement: At Home
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Two weekends ago I went home to the area where I grew up. I was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and have lived…
Category Worship
Weekly Encouragement: “A Little Child Shall Lead Them”
This “weekly encouragement” post was written by guest blogger, the Rev. Bruce Birdsey. Bruce, an ordained Episcopal priest, sometimes acts as celebrant for our Noonday Worship in the Chapel downstairs, and was kind enough to assist with our service this…
Weekly Encouragement: Give us Grace
Weekly Encouragement “That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, This past Sunday, a friend of St Paul’s parish honored, through the donation of flowers at the Moses window, the…
Weekly Encouragement: Spiritual Gardening
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Lynn Ellen and I are not great gardeners, nor do we have much bare ground at our home upon which to garden.…
Weekly Encouragement: Creating a Home Altar
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Do you have any kind of a home altar or other place of spiritual focus in your home or garden to be…
Weekly Encouragement: Politics + Prayer
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I was asked to give the Invocation prayer today for the Virginia Senate, at the opening of the General Assembly’s special session…
Weekly Encouragement: Commuting Through History
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, June 18th was the City of Richmond’s Department of Public Works’ “Multimodal Day,” when commuters were invited to use alternative modes of…
Weekly Encouragement: A Marked Awareness of Time
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, For many years I have been an avid almanac user. When I was in my junior scientist stage (seriously using a microscope,…
Weekly Encouragement: Communing With… Community
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, At Shrine Mont two weekends ago, I had the opportunity to do one of my favorite activities: commune with nature. What this…
Weekly Encouragement: Seeking God
“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, At Shrine Mont this past weekend we had a getting-to-know-you activity that involved some of us trying to draw pictures from phrases…