There is always something happening at St. Mark’s by-the-Lake. The activity around the door here is just an added point of interest in all of that. If you have not already seen the videos on our parish web page scoot over to http://www.stmarkschurch.net and take a look. There will be a new video by wekk's... Continue Reading →
Growing Pains
John Maxwell said that, “If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” This makes a lot of sense to us at St. Mark’s by-the-Lake as we see change and growth happening day to day in front of our own eyes. We may have waited a long time to see things... Continue Reading →
The Circle Widens
There has been some great interest expressed in our upcoming book study. THAT IS GREAT! C.S. Lewis said that "We read to know that we are not alone." - I think this book will be a powerful witness to that. I had occasion to be sitting a waiting room today so I did some reading... Continue Reading →
Everything Must Change
On his page, http://www.deepshift.org Brian McLaren writes We are in a Deep Shift A time of transitionrethinkingre-imaginingand re-envisioning A time for asking new questionsand seeking answersthat are both new and oldfresh and seasonedsurprising and familiar What does it mean, in today’s world, to be a follower of God in the way of Jesus?What does it... Continue Reading →
Respect your elders
"Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these." -- Dr. Robert H. Goddard (American rocket engineer 1882-1945) I read this quote on a webpage recently. Accurate? I think so. I... Continue Reading →
The Good Old Hockey Game
Sports writer Steve Rushin once wrote that "Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect." That is great ... in theory. In fact I am convinced, watching as much hockey as I... Continue Reading →
Wild Wonder of God’s Love – A Mess!
“What I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the universe was created by a purposeful, benign Creator is one thing. To believe that this Creator took on human vesture, accepted death and mortality, was tempted, betrayed, broken, and all for love of us, defies reason. It... Continue Reading →
It's Just Kevin's Corner 