Dear Christ Church, Most Friday mornings I have a habit of pausing to read this quote about friendship. This comes from the book of Sirach, an ancient Hebrew collection of wise sayings: Faithful friends are a sturdy shelter: whoever finds one has found a treasure. Faithful friends are beyond price; no amount can balance their […]
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October 8, 2023. Fr. Cliff Warner discusses Matthew 3:13–4:11.
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Dear Christ Church, “Confession is discipleship.” This little sentence appears in one of my top ten books on the Christian life, Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Every single one of us knows the weight of guilt, the heavy heart, or the dull sense of frustration with our failure to live up to our own ideals, the beauty, truth,
October 1, 2023. Fr. Matt Dampier discusses Matthew 3:1–12.
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Dear Christ Church, I’ve got a lot to tell you about this week, beginning with a reminder to arrive early this Sunday (if you normally attend the 11am service) for our Annual Parish Meeting at 10:30 am. And all you early birds who come to the 9am service, stick around afterwards as we share with you
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September 24, 2023. Fr. Matt Dampier discusses Matthew 2.
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Dear Christ Church, Yesterday was the feast day of St. Matthew. As we move deeper into our year-long sermon series through his gospel, I wanted to share a few details about this beloved apostle: Prior to following Jesus, Matthew was a tax collector who would have been a social outcast both to his employers (Romans)
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September 17, 2023. Fr. Cliff Warner. An introduction to the Holy Family.
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September 10, 2023. Fr. Cliff Warner gives a bird’s eye view of the book of Matthew while introducing the new year-long sermon series we will begin of the Gospel.
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Dear Christ Church, Each of the four gospels, since the 2nd century, has been associated with a different winged creature: a lion (Mark), a calf (Luke), an eagle (John), and a human (Matthew). The wings allude to angelic qualities (angels are “messengers,” an apt description of a gospel writer) and the type of creature hints
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