Walking the way ...

Posted by The Rev. Jennifer Andrews-Weckerly on

This past Sunday, St. Margaret’s kicked off its Stewardship Campaign, “Walking the Way.” As part of the campaign, we have distributed information packets that include a pledge card. You will be seeing guest blog posts from our parishioners here on this blog. There...

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Tags: stones, path, stewardship, walking, way, promises, spiritual, god, prayer, beads, tools, love

Love and marriage ...

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This week my husband and I celebrated 13 years of marriage. A few friends asked me what romantic plans we had, and I found I had to do some explaining. You see, twelve years ago, on our first wedding anniversary, we found ourselves at an impromptu family reunion. At the time, we reasoned...

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The community of faith …

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My older daughter attends a Lutheran preschool.  During the summer the school runs a camp that is more play-based.  What our family loves is that they keep the religious content present in both programs.  What I especially enjoy is discovering my daughter singing a religious song...

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Tags: baptism, children, christian, community, faith, god, jesus, love, raising

Where everybody knows your name …

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Anyone who has spent much time around our family knows that we are regulars at a particular wholesale warehouse chain.  Though you might not think a family of four needs to buy goods in bulk, there are actually quite a few things we regularly purchase to stock our home.  Almost every...

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Tags: store, shopping, priest, community, welcome, god, love

On Compassion

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Sometimes a shift in attitude can open the door to compassion.

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Tags: compassion, jesus, david gortner, vestry, impatience, long island, congress, love, anger, solution

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