Letter from Amy: Apr 26, 2022
Friends, Alleluia! Happy Easter! On Sunday we looked at encounters with the Risen Jesus in our readings — in a locked room to scared and...
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Amy Rowe
- Apr 6
Letter from Amy: April 5, 2022
Holy Week begins Sunday! As I was writing this post, a large box arrived on my doorstep covered in giant neon stickers that say KEEP...
Amy Rowe
- Mar 9
Letter from Amy: March 8, 2022
Small things matter As you've now heard many times, I attended the Matthew 25 Gathering in El Paso, TX several weeks ago, along with...
Amy Rowe
- Mar 2
Letter from Amy: Mar 1, 2022
LENT AT INCARNATION Lent is a 40-day season in which we prepare ourselves for Easter. Through reflection and repentance, we begin to...
Amy Rowe
- Feb 26
Reflecting on Black History Month
I am writing this from an apartment on the Texas-Mexico border overlooking the wall separating El Paso from Ciudad Juarez. Liz, Jared...
Amy Rowe
- Jan 26
Pastoral Letter: Jan 25, 2022
(This song and video were released last fall, and I've watched and wept more than once at both the beauty of table fellowship and all the...
Amy Rowe
- Jan 11
Pastoral Letter: Jan 11, 2022
When my kids were very young, we sometimes made a "winter spiral": we'd mix up a stodgy salt dough (yes, I said stodgy - thank you Liz...
Amy Rowe
- Dec 15, 2021
Letter from Amy: Dec 14, 2021
One of the things I love about the Sunday Advent readings is how God consistently shows up in unexpected places. In wilderness and desert...
Amy Rowe
- Sep 29, 2021
Location update: Sept 29, 2021
NOTE: This post will be updated as new information is available! Any changes will be noted below. Our building has served us SO well...
Amy Rowe
- Sep 7, 2021
Pastoral letter: Sept 7, 2021
Dear friends, A few weeks ago, my family took a vacation in the wilds of West Virginia, and we spent a day hiking to the top of a peak...
Amy Rowe
- Aug 11, 2021
Pastoral letter: Aug 10, 2021
Many years ago, I read a book about European children who were evacuated during the bombing raids of WW2. Some relocated to distant...
Liz Gray
- Jul 20, 2021
Letter from Liz and Incarnation readers: July 20, 2021
What are your fav reads (or movies) at the moment? Here’s a list of some of the books Incarnation people are reading! West With the...
Liz Gray
- Jul 6, 2021
Letter from the clergy: July 7, 2021
What do clergy do? Sometimes we're asked what exactly it is that we do as clergy.....well apart from the practical running of a church…...
Liz Gray
- Jun 23, 2021
Letter from Liz and Amy: June 22, 2021
Ordination Saturday is coming! Last week Katie shared some of her story as she prepares for ordination to the priesthood. This week Amy,...
Liz Gray
- Jun 16, 2021
Letter from Liz and Katie, June 15, 2021
Hoorah, Katie and Amy are getting ordained at 5pm on June 26!!!! On June 26, Katie will be ordained as a priest and Amy as a transitional...
Katie Hamlin
- Mar 19, 2021
Regathering - how are you feeling?
Note: if you are feeling awkward about re-gathering and want to talk about it, please contact one of us! Liz, Katie, and Amy are all...
Amy Rowe
- Feb 24, 2021
Pastoral letter: Feb 24, 2021
Dear Incarnation, This is the final week of Liz's sabbatical; can you believe it? I am so looking forward to welcoming her wise pastoral...
Amy Rowe
- Feb 16, 2021
Pastoral letter: Feb 16, 2021
Dear Incarnation, Last week's letter invited you to consider adopting a spiritual practice for Lent. In preparation, we encouraged you to...
Amy Rowe
- Feb 10, 2021
Pastoral letter: Feb 10, 2021
LENT AT INCARNATION Last year, the first Sunday in Lent was our last Sunday worshiping together, in-person, in the church. As the reality...
Katie Hamlin
- Feb 3, 2021
Pastoral Letter - February 3, 2021
I, along with a few others from Incarnation, have been taking a Race Literacy course through Little Lights in Washington, DC and each...