Wind. Breath. Spirit. There is a side to God that is wild and unpredictable, a side to God that is always beyond the predictable routines and rules we call religion. Every year at Pentecost, we remind ourselves that God is a creative Creator. God’s goal is not to keep...

Easter means resurrection. How can we even begin to picture resurrection? We have ideas; we can feel the promise in it. God’s plans for us are always bigger than we can imagine, but they’re hard to foresee. Resurrection is new creation, a redemption and healing of the...

Contrary to popular opinion, Lent is not about giving things up or feeling badly about ourselves. It’s a chance to be honest. To be genuine. To be real. To pay attention to how we’re spending our lives. Where do we invest our heart and our time? Lent always begins...

Christmas is over. The day is gone. We’ve opened up the packages. Cleared away the dirty dishes and the wrapping. We’re back at work, back to the old routines. But then, just as we put away Christmas, the church calendar calls for a celebration called Epiphany-- the...

That first Christmas almost went unnoticed. A few stargazing nomads and some scruffy shepherds happened to look up at the night sky; they saw signs that something remarkable was happening. But most folks were distracted and busy with their daily lives, their families,...

ANTICIPATION is the theme word for Good Shepherd’s newest window installation.  We’re all in the frenzied season of “getting ready for Christmas.” We can feel the time pressure, the need to check things off our to-do lists. We’re fighting the stress of...

The All Saints service at Church of the Good Shepherd this year brought the community together to reflect on where we’ve been, who we are, and who we are becoming. As the reading from 1 John on Sunday reminds us: Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has...

Each year on the first Sunday of October the Church of the Good Shepherd gathers to give thanks for life—not just our own lives, but the life all around us! We hold our worship outside; we bless our pets; we have a grand parade. This year we danced into...

The Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk is fast becoming known as “the church with the windows.” Back-lit at night for dramatic effect, our plate-glass narthex window installations at the corner of NorthShore and Hampton Blvd change seasonally, offering neighbors...