Please join us this Saturday morning (6/23) from 8 am – 12 pm at Restoration as we weed, trim, mulch, and have fun making the church look beautiful!! We’ll provide the tunes, the snacks and refreshments (including Duck Donuts… yum!), the mulch, and all the weeds you could want! All you need to bring is […]
We are all different types of learners. Some of us can read and understand. Others of us can hear and understand. And, still others of us only ever get it when we can touch and feel and experience something. On Good Friday, we invite you to join us for an experiential journey – to physically […]
Written by Steve Brooks This is a personal invitation for you to come to the cross, both literally and spiritually. On Good Friday at 8:45 a.m. Restoration Anglican Church will do something new – we will have a “Procession of the Cross” from our house to the church. (See details below.) It is a one-mile […]
There are many opportunities for fellowship at the upcoming Fall Retreat. Over the past few years, a small group has taken advantage of enjoying other Resto-folk and God’s beautiful nature by taking Friday (October 14) off from work and hiking in the Shenandoah Valley before the official start of the Fall Retreat on Saturday morning. […]
10. Limited internet and cell reception (that’s a good thing!) 9. Crisp, cool autumn weather and fall foliage 8. We heard a rumor that there may or may not be square dancing 7. Politics-free zone 6. Smores 5. Bike ride and beer (yes, seriously) 4. Go hiking with Liz! 3. Wine tasting for the […]
All shall be well And so our good Lord answered to all the questions and doubts that I might make, saying comfortingly: I make all things well, I can make all things well, I will make all things well, and I shall make all things well; and thou shall see thyself that all manner of […]
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his craftsmanship.” Psalm 19:1 “We are his craftsmanship.” Ephesians 2:10 A few weeks ago, we ran a blog post about stars, expanding on themes from David’s sermon series on creation. Stars have more in common with us than it may seem. They are […]
In the summer of 2001, I taught astronomy to kids at a camp in rural Texas. Night after night, on the camp’s stargazing platform, these city kids would often gasp with wonder at the brilliance of the night sky. Stars are just as wondrous for adults as for children – perhaps even more so, as […]
I like to think I can tell lies from truth, but it is surprisingly difficult at times. The hardest lies to decipher are often the one that swarm around inside of our heads, trapping us in dark places and keeping us away from the light of truth. On April 24 I will start leading New […]
Erin Bair and I like to dialogue about cool stuff we are reading, and she sent me this quote by Alexander Schmemann: “If secularism in theological terms is a heresy, it is primarily a heresy about man. It is the negation of man as a worshiping being, as homo adorans: the one for whom worship is […]