We hope that those who participated in the United Thank Offering (UTO) during the period of Lent found the focus of gratitude to be uplifting. It is now time to bring the UTO blue boxes into St. Luke’s so that we can forward your contributions to UTO. Consider counting your coins and putting a check […]
The following are resources for racial justice and how we might be good neighbors to all. For more information regarding our programs, please contact the parish office. Glossary of Racial Justice terms Exploring the term White Privilege: What Is White Privilege? Becoming Beloved Community Smithsonian – National Museum of African American History and Culture The […]
Every three years, lay and clergy deputies from throughout the Episcopal Church gather for an event known as General Convention. General Convention is the Episcopal Church’s legislative body, a bi-cameral system which holds elections, approves resolutions, policies, budgets, and oversees the workings of the church. This summer, both Sarah Braik and I will be part […]
The first Earth Day was in 1970, 52 years ago. It was the beginning of the modern environmental movement in the United States. I remember our school planting a tree for the occasion. Little could I have imagined how many more trees would need to be planted, and that that would become a movement in […]
Financial Markets: Financial markets have become more volatile as they adjust to an environment of significantly higher inflation. Inflation pressures have increased steadily in recent years as trade disputes have been followed by pandemic-induced supply disruption and resurgent demand, and now higher commodity prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While inflation has generated higher interest […]
Public Policy and Environmental Action Team Minutes April 12, 2022 Facilitator: Sarah Braik Minutes: Charles Skold Present: Mary Linneman, Sarah Braik, Charles Skold, Barbara Ryland, Ralph Cordes, Kathy Coughlin, Sam Allen, Dick Farnsworth, MJ Northrop and Rep. Chris Kessler The Cathedral of St. Luke sits on unceded Wabanaki territory. We acknowledge that we have benefitted from […]
On Egeria’s travels… and our own. (A brief history and overview of Holy Week) In the period between 381 and 384 AD, a woman named Egeria made a remarkable journey from Spain to the Holy Land in order to participate in the services of Easter. Even more remarkably, she wrote and published her diary, which […]
Last week the news was filled with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing. Undeterred by abhorrent behavior, unrelenting attacks, and political posturing by members of the committee, Judge Jackson provided calm and thoughtful responses to the questions that were asked. Underneath it all, the divide in our country – and the philosophical divide on […]
What are you giving up for Lent? This question frequently comes up this time of year and is usually answered with some sort of answer like “chocolate,” “lattes,” “alcohol” or “Facebook.” Giving something up can be helpful if it encourages spiritual growth or specific action, if money that would have been spent on chocolate or […]
February 13 is the feast day of Absalom Jones. Jones is one of the most important Episcopalians we remember and honor in our Church calendar. He is a man who broke barriers in many ways; beginning life as an enslaved human being in the time of slavery in the United States, and as a disciple […]