Category Worship

Weekly Encouragement: Politics + Prayer

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I was asked to give the Invocation prayer today for the Virginia Senate, at the opening of the General Assembly’s special session…

Weekly Encouragement: Commuting Through History

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, June 18th was the City of Richmond’s Department of Public Works’ “Multimodal Day,” when commuters were invited to use alternative modes of…

Weekly Encouragement: A Marked Awareness of Time

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, For many years I have been an avid almanac user. When I was in my junior scientist stage (seriously using a microscope,…

Weekly Encouragement: Communing With… Community

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, At Shrine Mont two weekends ago, I had the opportunity to do one of my favorite activities: commune with nature. What this…

Weekly Encouragement: Seeking God

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, At Shrine Mont this past weekend we had a getting-to-know-you activity that involved some of us trying to draw pictures from phrases…

Weekly Encouragement: An American Easter

“That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:12 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Following up from last week’s post, I want to reflect today on the second Lenten discipline that I recently completed: the careful…