Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from Center for Action and Contemplation. Theologian Richard Beck considers how the apostle Paul challenged the ancient world’s understanding of gift and grace as something one had to earn and repay: Over the last two thousand years our definition of grace has flip-flopped and undergone a 180-degree reversal. Grace was once […]
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Bubbling, Bubbling, Toiling, & Troubling
The hallmark of any bubble is its fragility which usually leads to its immediate demise, although some last slightly longer. Watching a child’s joy in chasing a big bubble across the yard and reaching it just as it POPS yields gaggles of giggles all around. A reflection by Christina Brennan Lee for September 13, 2026. […]
Seeking Reconciliation
The gospel reading for this Sunday is one of my favorites. In Matthew 18:15-17, we hear Jesus say, “If your brother or sister sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened […]
Rector’s Mid-Year Report, May 31, 2026
This past year has been full of ministry, serving the community, gathering in joyful and powerful worship, and experiencing difficult losses in our parish community. Together we have experienced the fullness of life and God’s love, and I write with gratitude for all the ways that our congregation gathers to care for each other, our […]
Sunday Quiche House Ministry
“Sunday Quiche House Ministry” every Sunday at 7am. Updated 9/4/2026. Thanks to a significant partnership with Friendship House, SsAM hosts hospitality on Sunday mornings at 7am featuring the “quiche” egg casserole made famous by Bill Perkins, former Executive Director of Friendship House. We serve 70-120 people every Sunday. QUICHE HOUSE PREPARATION, SATURDAYS, 9-11AM Sign up […]
Sexual Purity
The purpose of Scripture is to help followers to know God in all of his/her persons and to give guidance on how followers should live to please God. A reflection by Bob Young for August 30, 2026. In the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (I Corinthians 7:1-9), he addresses the extreme views of […]
On Thoughts and Thinkers
THINK DIFFERENT. But don’t believe everything you think. ~ Charlie Chaplin* [1899-1977]. A reflection by Christina Brennan Lee for August 23, 2026. I’m always certain that my thoughts are on track and correct, except when I stop to think about my thoughts. Then, I realize I might, possibly, perhaps, have a bias or two or, […]
One Of Many in a Long History
At my best I recognize that the experience of the moment has a long history behind it, that it is one of many, one of many many many. A reflection by Danny Schweers for August 16, 2026. For example, it is the rare sightings that impress on me most that a particular animal is more […]
Prepare for the Struggle
In his letter from prison to the Ephesians (Ephesians 6:10-17), the Apostle Paul describes the life of a Christian as a spiritual struggle, requiring divine protection, as opposed to human strength alone. He uses the imagery of a Roman soldier’s gear to illustrate how spiritual values protect a believer’s heart and mind against hardship and […]
Wanted: Associate Rector for Formation in Wilmington, Delaware
Call for an Associate Rector for Formation and Diocesan Missioner for Racial Justice and Reconciliation. Job application deadline is Wednesday, August 5. The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew and the Episcopal Church in Delaware seek an ordained priest or transitional deacon called to catalyze transformation in our parish and diocese. The cleric will serve […]
Salvation by Grace, not Merit
Matthew 20:1-16 provides an insightful lesson about the uniformity of God’s grace and its contrast with society’s notions of merit-based fairness. A reflection by Bob Young for Sunday, July 19, 2026. The author uses a parable about a landowner who recruited field laborers at different times during the day and asked each to work for […]
What Do You Want On Your Kingdom Of Heaven Shelf?
Two Sundays ago, Fr. Patrick’s sermon, on the parables that Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew 13, seemed to have struck me more deeply than I realized. (Of course every single one of his sermons resonates so deeply in my core that I can hardly move for the spiritual weight of them […]
What An Extraordinary Day!
Today is an extraordinary day, a day unlike any other! In all the history of the world, there has not been one like it. Nor have there ever been such extraordinary people alive as there are at this moment. I am talking about the here and now, about you and me. The problem with such […]
Set Everything Else Aside
It is a real pleasure to set everything else aside to work on just one thing. That is one reason procrastinators like me put things off to the last minute — at the last minute we have no choice but to clear the decks and work on the one urgent thing. The results are not […]
19-year-old Kadir Skinner shot and killed by Wilmington Police
July 9, 2026 Dear members of the SsAM community, On the night of June 24th, around 11:12pm, 19-year-old Kadir Skinner was shot by an officer of the Wilmington Police Department near the intersection of 24th and Jessup, near the site of the former St John’s Cathedral. A reflection by Father Patrick for July 9, 2026. […]
How Is Your Remember Room Arranged?
The time is ripe … not all the time, surely, but from time to time … to enter that still room within us all where the past lives on as a part of the present, where the dead are alive again, where we are most alive ourselves to turnings and to where our journeys have […]
The Plimpton Syndrome
In my world, there are people who have an unreasonable confidence in their ability to do anything that inspires them, people like me, people who have a bright idea and think, “that’s something I’d love to do!”, even though we have neither the experience nor the expertise to make it happen. A reflection by Danny […]
A Foreshadowing of Expanded Ministry
— a reflection by Bob Young for June 21, 2026. During a period between great miracles in the Book of Matthew, Jesus appeared to be seeking some alone time by traveling to the District of Sidon and Tyre, a distinctly Gentile territory with a complicated relationship with Israel – at times commercial partners, but also […]
Who’s the Real Silly Goose?
A reflection by Christina Brennan Lee for June 7, 2026. One morning as winter was ebbing into spring, I was outside heading to my car as a flock of geese in their V-formation went honking by overhead. I stopped, looked, and listened. I was suddenly reminded of the expression calling someone, usually in teasing a […]
Scholarships Available for SsAM Members
The next deadline for college scholarship applications is July 15, 2026. Canon Lloyd Casson Academic Scholarships — up to $1,000 — are given out each year to members of our church and those who attend. Think now about applying in 2026. Click here to see the 2026 application form you can use and instructions in […]
