Father Nathan Kirkpatrick shares his thoughts and John 3 verses 16 and 17.

On the First Sunday in Lent, Fr. Javier reflects on Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness: “From the brink of death, Jesus maps the way of life. By letting go, he helps us understand what it means to grab hold of that which is truly necessary.”

Jesus invites three of his disciples to a mountain top and is transfigured before them. Peter, James and John experience Jesus in a whole new way. But Jesus tells them not to tell anyone. Why is that?

Jesus changes the rules for disciples to bring God’s kingdom to the here and now.

You and I are the means by which God flavors and illuminates life and the world.

Jesus calls us to the mountain to be leaders. What does it mean to be a people of the Beatitudes?

On the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Fr. Javier reflects on what a particular heresy from the 4th century has to teach us about being the church: “Let us remember our allegiance, not to exceptional leaders who look and talk the part, not to our idea of what church should be, but instead, to the […]

The Rev. Rod Reinecke, the founding vicar of St. Paul’s,  joined a faith filled group of 20 families in 1958 and began a journey that continues 65 years later. A reflection on those early years and how thankful we are for all those early founders. May Rod rest in peace.

At Christmas, we remember that God comes to be with us. Just as we are.

On the Third Sunday of Advent, Fr. Javier reflects on the text from Isaiah 35: “Try as hard as we might to be self-sufficient—to be prepared for every eventuality and circumstance—each and everyone of us is sorely in need of grace and mercy.”