St. John's
The Practice of the Presence of God

I invite you to pause for a moment and examine how you practice the presence of God. The tendency that I hear, see and experience is that people, (myself included), look for God “somewhere out there.” Brother Lawrence reminds us that God is nearer than we might think. Psalm 139 expresses this reality well when the psalmist asks ..

gospel reflection

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

The Rev. Anne Williamson offers a gospel reflection on the Feast Day of St. Andrew, patron Saint of Scotland and the brother of Simon Peter. Although today’s Gospel reading speaks of Jesus’ call to the two brothers at the same time, in the Gospel of John, Andrew is depicted as one of the first disciples of Jesus, who brought others to Jesus – beginning with his brother Simon Peter (Jn 1:36-42).

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

This Gospel passage from Matthew 9:9-13 invites us to remember that, no matter how our sense of self may, or may not fit into the image of what it "should" be, we are all called. And, there is something so remarkable about these figures from our faith in that when they were called, they said "yes." They heard the call, and said "yes."