6th Sunday of Easter, Year A - May 10, 2026 Rev Sarah Colvin You can find this week's readings here: "Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence." I'm sixty years old—or sixty years young; I'm not sure how I should view my age. What I can say is that for most of the time, this very well-known Biblical verse used to pop out at me as "hey, this is important," and probably

17th Sunday after Pentecost - Oct 5, 2025 Rev Sarah Colvin You can find this week's readings here. Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy. Amen. During this past week our Jewish brethren observed Yom Kippur, their day of atonement. I remember a Jewish friend explaining that it is their very big day for confession. Of course, our ritual practi