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The Light of God's Love
St James - Loving People. Serving People
2Cor4:6 For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. The purpose of this blog is to shine the light of God’s love as we know it in Christ Jesus fro...
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Stumped
A reflection on the moment when you have nothing left to give. Read Isaiah 11:1-10
Jesses had seven sons. God chose the youngest, David. to become the King of Israel and to establish the Kingdom of God in perpetuity [l’olam in hebrew]. The perpetuity part didn’t work out so well. Instead of an amazing forest of cedars, the heritage of Jesse became a stump. A...
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Happy Liturgical New Year
The Liturgical and Lectionary Calendar
On Sunday, December 1, our Rector, Elizabeth, wished the congregation “Happy New Year”. HUH!? Wasn’t she a month too early? Well, not really. The First Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the new liturgical calendar every year, and it also marks the start of a new lectiona...
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Christ the King Sunday?
Reflections on the Last Sunday of Pentecost
For a concise description of the observance of Christ the King and an indictment against it AND a clear description of the Feast of All Saints all in one please see and read the book entitled "For All the Saints": Remembering the Christian Departed by NT Wright https://www.log...
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Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes --- CEEP
An Incredible Conference
Did you know that St James is one of two churches in the Diocese of Kentucky and in the state of Kentucky which belongs to the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes? Every year the Consortium hosts a splashy conference for leaders to network and promote the gospel. When I a...
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