by Richard Lightsey | Apr 3, 2019 | Homilies
We join together with millions of others throughout the world to walk the final days of Jesus’ life. Of all the weeks in history, what a week re-live for two millennia. The church is divinely ordained to recall these days for the sake of the world. It is...
by Richard Lightsey | Apr 2, 2019 | Rector's Blog
Maundy Thursday, April 18, is for many at St. Andrew, a beloved experience. It is a remembrance of Jesus’ last supper with his friends. The evening includes, footwashing, the sacrament of serving, and the agape meal shared amidst candle light in parish...
by Richard Lightsey | Mar 31, 2019 | Homilies
God is filled with grace and forgiveness and reconciliation. In Christ, God is reconciling the world unto God. There is unconditional love, boundless grace, inspiring beauty, and heart-melting compassion. When any of us find our way to God, we find there a place with...
by Richard Lightsey | Mar 31, 2019 | Homilies
Joshua: “Today, I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.Happy are they whose sins are forgiven, Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,”Psalm: I will instruct you the way you should go, do not be stubborn like the mule…but trust in the Lord,...
by Richard Lightsey | Mar 26, 2019 | Rector's Blog
In the season of Lent the church turns her attention to the challenges and suffering in life. At St. andrew we walk the Stations of the Cross three times a week as a Lenten observance. This ancient devotion does not shy away or deny the agony and suffering that is...
