Clergy Notes – November 12, 2021
Dear Truro family,This past week, in our Gospel reading (Mark 12:38-44), Jesus warned his disciples about the scribes, “who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers.” In […]
Clergy Notes – November 5, 2021
Dear Truro family, What’s in Your Wallet? This popular slogan of a credit card company has been the punch line of its ads for a number of years. The old ones used to feature a zany escapade in which the credit card became a kind of hero, saving the day. I love the slogan, not only for its […]
Clergy Notes – October 29, 2021
Dear Truro family,This Monday is All Saints Day – when we remember and give thanks for the saints of God – past and present. And who are those saints? Long deceased giants of the faith? Larger-than-life haloed figures, enshrined in stained glass windows? Yes indeed, they’re saints. And we celebrate them […]
Clergy Notes – Friday October 22
Dear Truro family, In last week’s Gospel reading (Mark 10:35-45), James and John – two of Jesus’s closest disciples – ask if they can be seated at Jesus’s side when he ascends to glory. Jesus responds by saying that he cannot give them what they ask. He goes on to say that whoever wishes to […]
Friday, October 15
Dear Truro family,It gives me great delight to announce the members of Truro’s search committee. Mary Springmann, chair Tom Gangemi, vestry representative Teresa Rowe, vestry representative Katie Davidson Paul Julienne Pat Kambrod Craig Miller Jim Robb Ha Tran Christiana Yuen Please pray for these committee members, as they undertake this important and demanding work. The […]
Friday, October 8
Dear Truro family, It is with great joy that I remember you always in my prayers. As you know, after only four months of official “retirement”, I have returned. It is a joy and honor to serve with you all in the Kingdom of God at this time and in this place. I wish I […]
Friday, October 1
Dear Truro Family, Psalm 77 captures so vividly the heartfelt cry of a soul in anguish. The author, Asaph, describes his day of trouble in stark terms: his soul refuses comfort, his spirit is fainting, he’s unable to speak, and he asks “Has God forgotten to be gracious?” I think we can all relate to […]
Friday, August 13
Dear Truro family, It won’t come as a surprise that I’ve been thinking a lot about transitions and change. After all — there is an incredible amount of change happening both in our culture and in our church. Change is hard. One of my old seminary professors used to always say that change is so […]
Friday, August 6
Dear Truro Family, In the gospels according to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, we read the incredible account of Jesus sleeping in a boat, while his disciples fear for their lives, sure that they’re about to die. They correctly perceive the danger of the storm. But they forget the power of the one accompanying them.Dr. Scott […]
Friday, July 30
Dear Truro Family, At any time in the life of a church, but especially during a painful season like we are in the midst of now, there are some important reflexes for a congregation to pursue. These go against our natural inclinations of how to respond under stress, or when we’re confused, or when we’re […]