by Adam Pierce | Sep 24, 2020 | Clergy Corner
I am happy to announce that St. Paul’s is re-opening with limited capacity on Sunday October 11th. We will hold services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The 10:30 service will have music and will be live streamed. We will be asking folks to register as we are only permitted...
by Adam Pierce | May 30, 2020 | As Grain Once Scattered
From the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the release of the video of his killing, to the ramble in Central Park, to the death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis it has been a painful and tragic period in our life as a nation; all of this with the backdrop of...
by Adam Pierce | May 28, 2020 | Clergy Corner
In school I always hated grammar. I thought learning the rules of grammar was a tedious undertaking. If I could communicate and write and speak well then I didn’t need all the rules. When I went to China to teach English I wished I had paid attention...
by Adam Pierce | Apr 6, 2020 | As Grain Once Scattered
My daughters have been playing a lot of dress up lately. I’m not sure where or how we came to possess so many costumes and dresses but I have been thankful for them during this pandemic. It has brought joy to watch them play and pretend, creating new worlds and...
by Adam Pierce | Apr 3, 2020 | Clergy Corner
It feels odd that Holy Week begins this coming Monday. Most years it’s a sense of surprise, something like, “I can’t believe it’s already Holy Week!” This year, however, there is not much surprise. When suspension of public worship was announced most of us had the...
by Adam Pierce | Apr 1, 2020 | As Grain Once Scattered
“He said to me, O mortal, eat what is offered to you; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. He said to me, Mortal, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it. Then I ate it;...
by Adam Pierce | Mar 28, 2020 | As Grain Once Scattered, Sacred Spaces
One of the ways in which rituals do their work (convey meaning, provide comfort) is through their consistency. We do the same thing in our ritual practice over and over again and our rituals shape us through that consistency. As we think about going through Holy Week...
by Adam Pierce | Mar 27, 2020 | As Grain Once Scattered
Scripture has much to show us about the presence of God in the midst of our loss. As we received the announcement this week from our bishop, The Rt. Rev. Robert Skirving, that public worship would be suspended through April it hit me that we are not going to be...
by Adam Pierce | Mar 27, 2020 | As Grain Once Scattered
For those that have found their way to this page: Welcome! One thing that I have found deeply meaningful during this time has been writing. I’ve always enjoyed writing but somehow it ceased to be a part of my spiritual discipline, can I blame my 3 children? One great...
