Monthly Archives: March 2011
Jacob’s Well
T his past Sunday Mike Koop arrived with a new song, written in response to the gospel reading for the week. Called “Jacob’s Well,” the song is a poetic imagining of the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman recounted
The woman at the well
A sermon on John 4:1-42 T his is a conversation that just never should have taken place. The lines that kept Jews from having anything to do with Samaritans were strong, rooted in well- established prejudices of race and religion.
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“Mike Koop’s Multitude of Sins”: great reviews
W e thought is was time to share some great news regarding the most recent saint benedict’s table CD recording, Music is Worthless by “Mike Koop’s Multitude of Sins.” When the album was released in November 2010 we decided to
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Into Great Silence
Into Great Silence Monday April 4, 7:00pm Booth University College a unique film experience, that will draw you into the life and prayer of a monastic community T he documentary film Into Great Silence is as much a contemplative experience
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Moving into the unknown
a sermon on Genesis 12:1-9 and John 3:1-17 W e’ve just heard two stories read aloud that might be characterized as calling stories, or perhaps more accurately, challenge stories that speak of promise and new possibility. They’re good stories to read
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Bread in the Wilderness: Meditation #1
E very Wednesday during this season of Lent, our community is joining together with the congregation of All Saints Church for a simple 7:00pm evening liturgy. The theme of these evenings is “bread in the wilderness,” and we’ve invited five
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Have we really heard this story?
a sermon on Genesis 2:15-25, 3:1-7 I want to focus tonight on the story we heard read from the book of Genesis; the story of Adam and Eve and the garden of Eden. Here’s a close approximation of what is
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“Bread in the Wilderness”: a Lenten series
O ver the past several years, it has been our practice to collaborate with our host parish of All Saints to offer a Wednesday evening Lenten series. For this year Paul Johnson – the interim pastor for the All Saints
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Looking at the year gone by, looking ahead
S unday March 13 marks our annual open meeting, and so we thought it made some sense to post the following reflections online. These four reflections offer something of a look at the past year’s life and ministry at saint
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Following Beauty into the desert
Alana Levandoski’s Lenten Reflections on the Music Business Set against the background of Numbers 10:33-36, 11:1-9 and Mark 6:14-29, Alana offered this reflection for our Wednesday March 23rd Lenten gathering. Speaking with a voice at once powerfully challenging and frankly vulnerable, she