One Hand Helping Another

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown   Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.” And he took [the lame man] by the hand and raised him up…. Acts 3:6-7 In Acts 3,...

Pilgrimage of Witness

Canon Maria Tjeltveit Church of the Mediator, Allentown “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1: 8 “You will be my witnesses.” The Acts...

Clarity: connection

But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.” They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not...

Clarity: beauty

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’  John 9:8-9 The beauty is that...

Vigilant

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions My footsteps hold fast to the ways of your law; in your paths my feet shall not stumble. Psalm 17:5 I head out for a walk choosing a path I have not been on for some time. It has been months...