When we think about the bravest acts in human history—the daring rescues by seafarers in roiling oceans, the valor of the Coast Guard navigating a midnight gale, the rush of a firefighter into a collapsing building,
Great Lakes Memorial Service Sunday, November 8th at 11 a.m. This Sunday is the annual Great Lakes Memorial Service. This important event each year highlights the sacrifices sailors make, sometimes even giving their life, to a
On All Saints Day we look at the definition of a Saint. Too often we rank ourselves, others, and the mother Teresa’s of the world, in some moral hierarchy based on our good works. I don’t
Christmas Parties for Seafarers In a recent visit to a freighter at the Nicholson port in Detroit, our seafarers ministry team were talking with two crew members, both from the Philippines, about how they will
It is in the quiet, surrendered space of prayer that our hearts are fundamentally changed. We are softened. We are filled with the peace of the Gospel. But even more than that, through prayer, we are
October 30-A Call to Worship and Prayer Many of you probably remember the dark days of “Devil’s Night” in Detroit in the 1980s. October 30th, the night before Halloween, was known as a night of mischievous
What does it take to finish the Christian race strong? Like Paul, Like Luke, like Timothy. What do Paul and Luke show us here in these verses on this Day we celebrate Luke. 3 Things: Companions
Everyday Saints How a broken-down car revealed the image of God in the strangers around us. In our divisive world today, it’s easy to think that anyone who doesn’t think, believe, or act like you is
Rev. Todd was at their son's wedding this weekend, so Rev. Dan Lewis conducted services in his absence. Pastor Dan earned an M.A., from the University of Detroit and is a member of the Society of
The Importance of Remembering Sunday, November 8, we will be honoring the 51st anniversary of the souls lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald at the 11 o’clock worship service. The service is a month from the time
Three Streams: The Spirit Over the last few weeks, I have introduced the three streams of the Anglican tradition in these weekly emails: the Sacramental, the Scriptural, and the Spiritual. The metaphor of "three streams" flowing
Jesus uses this opportunity to speak to the Pharisees about two topics He knows to be very important to them. He gives them a different way of thinking about these things with a Kingdom-minded mentality. He