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It’s funny how things line up sometimes. Just this Sunday, at our meeting after church, I was musing about how we seem to be in a different phase of the pandemic. Going forward, I figured it was unlikely our worship would be majorly affected. Maybe we’d mask up again, but things were looking up, right?Continue reading “Weekly Lifelines 5/8/2022”

What a week! In the end, nobody in the Chapman house had covid symptoms, we all tested negative, and Elizabeth returned to daycare this morning. Especially knowing how many other people in Rochester—and at St. Luke’s!—have caught it, I feel like we dodged a bullet. I know the covid symptoms for vaccinated folks and littleContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 5/12/2022”

A few notes of interest to the parish from the April Vestry meeting….. 1) A word of warning from our Treasurer on St Luke’s finances. we are spending $22.8k/month but bringing in just $19.8K/month. Part of that is an 84% increase in natural gas costs. These costs should abate if winter ever ends, but weContinue reading “Warden’s Corner 4/28/2022”

What a wonderful week! I absolutely love celebrating Holy Week and Easter, and especially with all of you. And this year, since we got to be back in person and indoors, it was even better. I’m always surprised at how much energy it takes to pull the whole thing off. I owe a huge debtContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 4/21/2022”

As I anticipate our celebration of the Triduum and our worship on Good Friday, I’maware that the crucifixion isn’t the primary way I connect to the story of Jesus. Theincarnation, Jesus’ teaching, and his moral example capture my imagination muchmore than most of Holy Week does. As such, I was grateful to stumble across thispassageContinue reading “Weekly Lifelines 4/14/2022”

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”