Letter from Amy: Oct 28, 2026
There’s a priest in our diocese who begins his weekly letters to his congregation, “To my favorite people.” I love that, and it came to mind as I started today’s letter. So . . .
To my favorite people,
This Sunday is All Saints Day. We will sing songs and hear scriptures that remind us of both the earthy, everyday sainthood to which Jesus calls us, and of the cosmic, mystical communion of saints to which we belong. We will sing some of my favorite songs of the church year, light candles in remembrance of those who have died, and give thanks for the wondrous grace of being counted among the saints.
On Sunday, I’ll take a break from our Philippians series to preach from the vision of the saints gathered around the Lamb in Revelation 7:9-17. But our friends from Philippi are not far from that vision — Paul, Timothy, Ephaphroditus, the Philippian jailor, Lydia, and all those early Christians gathered in her living room are there, too. Their glorified lives now “shine like stars in the world” (Phil 2:15) among the great throng of saints.
And our lives are being caught up into that brightness, too. As we’ll sing in Sunday’s opening hymn:
“They lived not only in ages past; there are hundreds of thousands still.
The world is bright with the joyous saints who love to do Jesus’ will.
You can meet them in school, on the street, in the store,
In church, by the sea, in the house next door;
They are saints of God, whether rich or poor,
And I mean to be one too."
(Russell is so kind to humor me every.single.year in my request to sing this children’s hymn!)
I mean to be one, too. And I look forward to seeing you Sunday, my favorite saints!
With love,
Amy
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