St Matthias Church, Waukesha

09/14/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 14, 2026 -
Singing the hymn "Lift High the Cross" on or near Holy Cross Day offers a moving and often emotional way to share Christ's redeeming act of love on the cross. The last time I sang this was for the closing hymn of the service. For those who followed the cross or who bowed as it passed, the words t....

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09/13/2026

Sunday Worship utilizing the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and the PCUSA Book of Common Worship for 9/13/26 - Bulletin: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/scv1url4lp42hktyfdeh6/Late.pdf?rlkey=5ek3ewmw7sfeo2y2a8zgqy50l&dl=0

09/13/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 13, 2026 -
My wife and I had the spectacular joy of watching our daughter-in-law and our son get their two children ready for school one morning. From 7:28 to 8:06 a.m., their townhouse was in choreographed motion. Our daughter-in-law toasted bagels while prepping lunch and calling out reminders: water bott....

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09/12/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 12, 2026 -
While Job repeatedly questions why misfortune has happened to him, God takes time answering. But when God finally does, speaking these words in verse 4, I imagine them delivered with the force of a thousand lightning bolts. "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" What a question....

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09/11/2026

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09/11/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 11, 2026 -
Psalm 51, a prayer for healing and moral renewal, as The New Oxford Annotated Bible refers to it, has several familiar lines and couplets. The sentiment expressed in verse 11 is echoed in the Daily Office and other liturgies and prayers. This psalm reflects David's repentance after Nat....

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09/10/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 10, 2026 -
We take each new day for granted, and I think we shouldn't. Since my retirement several years ago, I've made a practice of slowing down to appreciate the dawn of a new day, to welcome the opportunity not merely to reset but to open myself up to the wonderfulness of God's daily summons. In one sem....

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09/09/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 9, 2026 -
During the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee, most fled the city. But Constance, Thecla, Ruth, and Frances, sisters of the Community of Saint Mary, and Charles Parsons and Louis Schuyler, local priests, stayed to care for the sick. They all died after being infected. On this day, w....

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09/08/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 8, 2026 -
On a recent trip, we stopped for gas and observed a man on the fringe of the property holding his Bible wide open and speaking loudly. I gave him a wide berth as I pumped the gas and then shopped inside the store for treats. Although he wasn't a threat and I had no reason to fear this preacher, I....

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09/07/2026

Forward Day by Day: Forward Day By Day - September 7, 2026 -
I encountered a confluence of experiences several years ago as a student in the Education for Ministry program. A couple of the books we read, Faithful Neighbors: Christian-Muslim Vision and Practice and My Neighbor's Faith, Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transforma....

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