Author Archives: St. Luke's

Holy Week starts this weekend with Palm Sunday and this year, we’re tryingsomething new. Or, more accurately, we’re expanding an experiment I started atthe Sunday evening service in 2019. For a while it’s seemed weird to me that we celebrate Palm Sunday with a brief riteat the beginning of the service and then immediately pivotContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 4/7/2022”

For most of my childhood, my parents owned a sailboat. First a little daysailer onWhite Bear Lake, then a cruiser that they kept on Lake Pepin. When the weatherwas nice and the wind was good, we’d spend the better part of a Saturday sailingaround the lake, enjoying our time together out on the water. BeforeContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 3/31/2022”

A few notes of interest to the parish from the March Vestry meeting. . . Thankfully we can report again that our finances are stable and positive. The St. Luke’s Covid-19 Protocols are rescinded. These were last amended in August, 2021. A small group of Vestry members will develop a short, updated version to haveContinue reading “Warden’s Corner 3/24/2022”

A bunch of St. Luke’s folks gathered last night on Zoom to talk about the affordable housing proposal. (In case you’re new to the topic, we’re looking into selling some of St. Luke’s land in order to build affordable housing. We heard details about the proposal last Sunday during coffee hour and are inviting peopleContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 3/17/2022”

I was away from the office the first half of this week due to a scheduled medicalprocedure. Everything went well, but the doctor ordered what was essentially 48hours of bed rest. That was a new experience for me. I’m usually pretty active(okay, really active) so it came as a bit of a shock. I’m justContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 3/10/2022”

A few notes of interest to the parish from the February Vestry meeting…… A brief orientation of new vestry ‘how to”s was provided by Justin followed by a longer ‘get to know you” session during which we learned at least 1 heretofore unknown facet of each vestry member’s life. A vestry retreat will be plannedContinue reading “Warden’s Corner 3/3/2022”

On a Sunday morning late last summer, a gentleman approached St. Luke’s just after I’d finished locking up. Grateful that I’d spotted him before I went downstairs, I opened the door and invited him in. He introduced himself: David. He’d come to the US from South Sudan and recently moved to Rochester. We talked forContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 2/24/2022”

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who participated in our annual meeting. I left feeling hopeful and uplifted, carried along by all the great things we accomplished in 2021 and the wonders that await us in 2022. Today, I’m offering special thanks to everyone who helped make it such a success. A big thanks to everyoneContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 2/17/2022”

In the morning, when Jesus returned to the city, he was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered atContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 2/10/2022”

At our January meeting, the vestry and I reviewed our goals from last year. When doing reviews like this, even on goals that are purely personal, that no one else even knows about, I always get a little nervous. It’s important to me to follow through on what I set out to do. So, especiallyContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 2/3/2022”