I don't know how closely you all have been following TikTok* trends over the past year, but for the record, I've been singing sea chanteys since before they were cool. Once upon a time, before one could fly across the ocean in a matter of hours, people might be separated from their loved ones for years at a time. It had been two or three years since I'd been able to visit any of my family before I … [Read more...]
July 22, 2021
Did you know that if you ever miss a service or want to re-visit one, you can find a full index of all online services on our website? For every Sunday worship, Wednesday evening prayer, and special service that we've had since March 18 of last year, the index can take you to a recording of the service, the online bulletin (where you can not only read through all of the readings and … [Read more...]
July 15, 2021
This Tuesday (July 20) is one of my favorite minor holidays: the feast day of Saint Wilgefortis. See, once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who wanted to dedicate her life to God, but she was engaged to be married to a pagan king. She prayed to God for a miracle and lo and behold, she was given a miracle: she found herself with a full beard. The king no longer wanted to marry her, … [Read more...]
July 8, 2021: week 68 of COVID
July 1, 2021: week 67 of COVID
I type this from my kitchen, where I just spent two hours filming the invitation to the table for this week's celebration of communion. I had figured I'd spend maybe an hour on it, including editing, which is adorable, in retrospect. First I cleared off the kitchen table and made sure it looked nice (that was the easy part). Then I brought out my microphone, camera, teleprompter, key … [Read more...]
June 24, 2021: Week 66 of Covid
When my grandmother was dying, I was living three thousand miles away in New Jersey, in my second year of seminary. It was for many reasons, to put it mildly, an awful year. One day that spring, my friends Nick and Tyler decided to take me to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philly is about an hour or two from Princeton (depending on traffic or train schedules) and is full of some really neat … [Read more...]
June 17, 2021: Week 65 of Covid
From the Worship and Music Committee on behalf of PPC Session: Until this point it has been a unanimous Session decision to worship at home. Pastor Leia decided to create and present Facebook Live worship services. However, because we are seeing consistently decreasing numbers of covid cases and increasing numbers of vaccinations in local counties (and especially within our congregation), … [Read more...]
June 10, 2021: Week 64 of Covid
Here is a fun conversation starter for mixed-age groups: "Tell me how old you are without specifically telling me your age." On that theme, here is a fun fact about me that puts me in a very small category of American adults (about 5%, according to the quick google search I just did): I have never had chickenpox! I was vaccinated against it in 1995, the same year that it was … [Read more...]
June 3, 2021: week 63 of COVID
We're now stepping into June and the beginning of summer, I'd like to share a few more ideas for new spiritual practices as suggested by my colleague in ministry, the Rev. Linda Kurtz, who serves at the First Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Kentucky. As we look towards a future in which those of us over the age of twelve can all be safely vaccinated, I invite you to consider changing up the way … [Read more...]
May 27, 2021: week 62 of COVID
As many of you may know, I've been live streaming an informal Bible study on Tuesdays at 8pm since last April. We've read through a handful of minor prophets, the letter of 1 John, highlights from Ecclesiastes, some elements of the Creation stories, four of the biblical heroines whom I've dressed up as for Halloween over the years, a six part series on the history of Christmas, a Lenten series on … [Read more...]
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