Choir Room Organ Completed
Installation of our new portable choir room organ, gift of the late Richard Knapp, is now completed! During the 1940s Richard was a boy chorister at St. James's and grew up to be an MIT trained nuclear physicist, retiring as ...
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A Mother's Call to Care About Other People's Children
Sally Hunsberger used to think that as her children grew into more self-reliant teens, she would feel less conflicted about her regular trips to the West Bank as a volunteer with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). Throughout her 12 years as a ...
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Sister Samaritan
I once met a Samaritan man at Jacob’s Well in the Palestinian city of Nablus which is home to about 500 of the one thousand or so remaining Samaritans. He was an outsider among outsiders. He is neither a Palestinian n ...
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Compline for the Weary Parent
An entry on Huffington Post Parents’ Facebook page left me chuckling with recognition—and a little shaken up. It was a snapshot of a fictional parent’s e-mail inbox, including messages from a teacher (your child has lice), summer camp (tuiti ...
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Sam Paul - A Hand Up
In this series, we get to know members of St. James’s a little better by asking them about how they came to be part of the community and how their faith informs their daily life and work.
Sam Paul i ...
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Abby Fisher Williamson - Work Shapes Faith
In this new series, we get to know members of St. James’s a little better by asking them about how they came to be part of the community and how their faith informs their daily life and work.
Abby F ...
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Epilogue
We have made it to the end of this journey, Searching for Sunday with Rachel Held Evans. Thank you to Laura, Anne, Barbara, Borden, David, Jackie, Terry, and Ellen for your thoughtful contributions to this online book study.
I chose ...
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Marriage
Our online book study of Rachel Held Evans' Searching for Sunday continues with a reflection from parishioner Ellen Painter Dollar. For next week, finish the book!
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I regularly watch syndicated episodes of the television comedy “The Middle” while I fix din ...
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Anointing of the Sick
Our online book study of Rachel Held Evans' Searching for Sunday continues with a reflection from parishioner and associate clergy person Terry Wysong. For next week, read section seven: Marriage.
Each week, one new entry by someone connected to the ...
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Confirmation
Our online book study of Rachel Held Evans' Searching for Sunday continues with a reflection from parishioner Jackie Keen. For next week, read section six: Anointing of the Sick.
Each week, one new entry by someone connected to the St. ...
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