Today we celebrate the life of Alban, the first Christian Martyr of England, and the saint for which this church is named. We celebrate his life, and we try to learn from his example of courage and faith. It is for this reason that the altar colors are red, because they symbolize the blood that…
Today is Trinity Sunday, the Sunday that we celebrate the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – The Godhead, according to Christian doctrine. On this day, throughout the church, pastors, deacons, or lay preachers, will get up and do their very best to explain the concept of the Trinity in a way that makes…
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.…
My sister lives in Zambia, in Africa, and I had the pleasure of visiting her there twice. One of the first things I noticed while there, was the way people approach time. One of the strangest things to get used to is people telling you that they will be coming over “now.” In my mind,…
Several years ago, I worked as a teacher’s aide in a Special Needs department. I worked with kids who had everything from fetal alcohol syndrome to severe autism, and other forms of intellectual disabilities. It was tough work. We had to work with these kids every day in order to give them a basic understanding…
Last week, we heard Jesus say that he has given us a new commandment – to love one another just as he loved us. And, he said that everyone would know that we are disciples of Christ by showing love to one another. Hearing commandments like this is always heart-warming, because we all know what…
Note: This day was the establishing of a new Daughters of the King Chapter, and the initiation of the new members. Have you ever done something that you were ashamed of? Something you personally felt was so egregious that your very being felt broken inside of you? And then, living with the remorse of what…
In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep. And on the sixth day, God created man from the dust of the earth. And God breathed into the man’s nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.…
“Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” So asks the hymn that we will be singing a little later. The hymn expresses deep emotions at the thought of this suffering, and imagines what it would have been like to be there at the foot of the cross the day that Jesus died. But it…
Voltaire once said, “In the beginning God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.” He was critiquing those who use God to justify their prejudices and maintain their own place of power. At the beginning of the service, we read that Jesus mounted a donkey,…