Encounters with Culture

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator “You also see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost the whole of Asia this Paul has persuaded and drawn away a considerable number of people by saying that gods make with hands are not gods.” Acts 19:26 Acts 19...

Yearning for joy

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions Happy are the people who know the festal shout! they walk, O Lord, in the light of your presence. Psalm 89:15 It is unseasonably warm. And not just where I reside, but social media posts suggest...

Unprepared and embraced

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions God takes up the weak out of the dust and lifts the poor from the ashes. Psalm 113:6 “Are you ready for Christmas?” Everyone seems to be asking. “I don’t know why people ask that, no one...

Wending our way

Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions Who holds our souls in life, and will not allow our feet to slip. Psalm 66:8 In the darkness I hear the sound of tires on the wet street as people who have already begun their day commute to work or...

Multitude

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time forth for evermore. Psalm 121:8 “And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host,” the...

A trace of the holy

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:2 In the moment before I scrape off the windshield, I notice the intricate patterns in the frost. I...