Author Archives: Peace Lutheran Church Wayland Massachusetts

Ash Wednesday services at 9:30 am and 7:30 pm will be simple, spoken communion services. You will hear the invitation to Lent and be invited to write down your own Lenten discipline(s). In an earlier email I suggested that you … Continue reading →

The Transfiguration 16th Century Italian, Museum of Fine Arts Boston Last week Nate and I toured a college. We were led down a wide hallway that opened into an atrium. In that space students milled and gathered and turned down … Continue reading →

I hope that many of you will attend one of our Ash Wednesday services, and let it be for you a ritual beginning of the season of Lent. In other words, let the service be a ritual beginning to a … Continue reading →

In you, O Lord, have a I taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. Psalm 71:1 The Gospel for Sunday is Luke 4:21-30. Jesus is still in his hometown, but he’s turned the locals against him with some … Continue reading →

    He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. Luke 4:16   The Gospel reading for Sunday is Luke 4: 14-21. Jesus has come back to his hometown. He’s in the … Continue reading →

At noon today eight of us sat at tables in the fellowship hall. We heard an Epiphany devotion then talked together over lunch. Ruth shared pineapple; Mazie shared cookies. We heard jokes (a real howler from Doris) and stories about life, that … Continue reading →

The Baptism of Christ  France 13th Century Museum of Fine Arts This festival day is a singular moment in the New Testament. Along with the visit of the wise men and the wedding at Cana, it is one of the cornerstones … Continue reading →

Words of thanks to everyone who joined in the celebration of Epiphany on Sunday. A special word of appreciation to Mary Ann, Carol and Warren for working together at a number of tasks throughout the week, and when everyone else had gone home, to … Continue reading →

The nativity scene is complete on Sunday–the festival of the Epiphany-when the wisemen from the east arrive, late, of course. After all, they are wise men, and they think too much, take circuitous routes, take neat and detailed notes, They calculate … Continue reading →