A Word from the Rector

Friends,

Some feast days offer us clarity. Others invite us to sit with mystery.
This Sunday feels like the latter.

Peter and Paul—so different in temperament, background, and calling—are remembered together not because they agreed, but because they stayed. They stayed near to Christ. Near to those they were sent to serve. Near to the table, even when it wasn’t easy.

It’s tempting to think that unity means sameness. That leadership means control.
But the story we’ll hear this week suggests something else entirely.

Jesus meets Peter not with a lecture, but with breakfast. Not with shame, but with a question:
“Do you love me?”
And with each reply, the same invitation:
“Then feed my sheep.”

That’s where the Church begins. Not with certainty, but with care.
Not with perfection, but with presence.

I wonder where that might meet you this week.
Where you’re being asked to show up, to stay close, to let love—not certainty—lead the way.

Come to the table—just as you are.
Come with your questions. Come with your weariness. Come with your hope.

I’ll save you a seat.

Alex+