LETTER FROM KATIE • March 4, 2026
Dear Holy Comforter,
I have really enjoyed the silence during our services this Lent as we’ve taken time to pray through the steps of the Examen Prayer together.
LETTER FROM KATIE • February 25, 2026
Dear Holy Comforter,
I closed my sermon this past Sunday with a prayer for Recollection from Teresa of Avila.
Gracious Friend, give me the grace to recollect myself in the little heaven of my soul where You have established Your dwelling. There You let me find You, there I feel that You are closer to me than anywhere else, and there You prepare my soul quickly to enter into intimacy with You…
LETTER FROM KATIE • February 19, 2026
Dear Holy Comforter,
It was great to see so many of you Tuesday night at our Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner (Thank you to Elena and Tom Benning for helping us pull it off.) and last night at our Ash Wednesday service.
I encourage you to take a look at my letter from last week and Matt Wooldridge’s letter to CHC families which you can find here, to explore the ways we’ll be preparing for Easter together.
LETTER FROM KATIE • February 11, 2026
Dear Holy Comforter,
The Epiphany season comes to a close this Sunday with a reading about the transfiguration of Jesus. And that is appropriate because aside from his resurrection, there is no more significant display of Jesus’ glory than the transfiguration, when he shines bright as the sun and is identified as God’s Beloved Son. All of Epiphany has been building toward this revelation of who Jesus is.
LETTER FROM KATIE • February 4, 2026
Dear Holy Comforter,
It was such a joy to be back with you in person last Sunday for our kid-led Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. What a gift it was to see our children leading us in worship—reading scripture, offering prayers, joining the procession, serving communion. Their joy and confidence were a beautiful reminder that God is alive and at work among us.
LETTER FROM KATIE • JANUARY 28, 2026
This Sunday, we will celebrate together (either in-person or online) the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple or the Meeting of the Lord as it is called in the Orthodox Church. The story of the Presentation is told in the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 2, verses 22-40.