Rector’s Corner

Epiphany 4C February 3, 2019 Jeremiah 1: 4-10, Psalm 71:1-6 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 Luke 4: 21-30 St Thomas the Apostle The Rev’d Joy A. Daley The weather has been really crazy. Watching how people are suffering in other parts of the country brings on a chill. It makes me want to take a really hot shower to warm up, the kind that steams up the whole room and fogs up the mirror. When that happens, many times I’m inclined to quickly grab a towel and wipe off the mirror so I can see clearly as soon as possible, so I can get ready quickly and get on with my day. Every time I do that, though, I am faced with streaks, bits of lint from the towel or if I use my hand, fingerprints. My attempts to rush, to do things quickly result in taking me more time. When…

Proper 25 B, October 28, 2018 Job 42: 1-6,10-17,Psalm 34 Hebrews 7: 23-28, Mark 10: 46-52 St Thomas the Apostle The Rev’d Joy A. Daley It was raining. Sound familiar? The rainy period I’m referring to was a while back in 2005. I was serving with a mission team of folks on a small island. We actually had 3 teams one was tending to the medical needs of people. Another team was doing construction I think that year we were putting toilets in the little hand made huts in the Colonia. The team I was serving with was the Christian Ed team trying to give kids a sense of Christ and his love. As I walked into the space where we would be having class with the children, I realized that the roof was leaking (That also might sound familiar) and I needed to do something before the children arrived….

Proper 21B, September 30, 2018 Esther 7: 1-6,9-10;9: 20-22 Psalm 124, James 5: 13-20 Mark 9: 38-50 St Thomas the Apostle The Rev’d Joy A Daley What a week it has been. A popular actor who starred in a TV series about family, goes to jail, convicted of unspeakable acts. A judge is accused of using power to assault women. A woman comes forward to speak her truth fearfully but steadily. Members of two political parties argue, provoke and condemn. The media brings in experts to comment, to dissect to offer judgments. Meanwhile the world watches and reacts. Hotlines are overloaded with calls from survivors as vivid memories are triggered and old wounds are opened. Vulnerability and fear are once again experienced. As we watch the news, we may ask, “What is the world coming to?” What is the way forward for God’s people in an atmosphere of destruction and…

Proper 17B September 2, 2018 Song of Solomon 2: 8-13,Psalm 45 James 1:17-27, Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 St Thomas the Apostle The Rev’d Joy Daley I remember when my son was small, he would run everywhere with abandon without any knowledge about what might be dangerous. In the small apartment where we lived it wasn’t so hard to keep him contained .We only needed one of those little gates in the doorway, but being outside was a mother’s nightmare. I found the perfect solution, though. Remember those old wooden gates that opened like an accordion you could put them on any doorway well I found a circular one of those for outings to a park we loved to visit. It was a beautiful place, a nice grassy area under the trees but in one direction there was ocean and rocks on the other side there was a road where the cars came…