Advent & Christmas at St. Luke’s Ballard
Wherever the holidays are taking you this year — around the corner or to distant family and friends — we hope you can join us for worship this Advent and … Read More
Note to Gabriel
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A poem by Rody Rowe Audacious, yes? You dare to suggest a tryst a rendezvous? Eternity desires,to make love to me? Really?You know what people are asking? If“Hail, O favored … Read More
Lunch is On Us!
Thank You for Participating in Gift, Pledge, and Prayer. We hope you can join us!
November 12, 2023 — The Rev. Canon Britt Olson
If we are to be ready for whatever lies ahead, we must choose love this day. And we will need to keep choosing it when the way becomes unclear or difficult; when we are anxious and afraid; when we are harmed by others. We choose love as an article of faith and the most powerful response to any situation.… Read More
All Saints November 5, 2023 — Rev. Rody Rowe
The gift of imagination begins with the child—the child within us still, and among us always. And if Brown is right, and I believe she is, then the church’s central task is an imaginative one, and we need the children. For childhood is an immersion in awe and wonder, isn’t it.… Read More
August 13, 2023 — The Rev. Canon Britt Olson
Fear and arrogance often go hand in hand. Arrogance can mask deep insecurity, the fear of losing, of not measuring up, of failure and shame. Fear can masquerade as bravado … Read More
July 30, 2023 — Ryan Pemberton
Visions of Heaven: God’s Curveball Stories Recently I was sitting on a park bench on a sunny Saturday afternoon not far from here, and I was struck by a scene … Read More
July 23, 2023 — The Rev. Hillary Kimsey
Weeds and Wheat and Binaries Humanity has been categorizing things in opposing pairs ever since our earliest ancestors compared the sky during day and night. The first creation story in … Read More
July 9, 2023 — The Rev. Hillary Kimsey
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Goldilocks. Have you heard this one? Goldilocks was a … Read More
July 2, 2023 — Kristen Daley Mosier
I am not a fan of this week’s lectionary assembly of readings. I know why they set these particular passages alongside one another, but I contest the message of Romans … Read More