It always strikes me, as December 21 rolls around, that doubting Thomas crashes Christmas. His feast day turns up, you guessed it, today. It transports us from holiday preparation, from…

"We don't always do what we always do." That's what one of my favorite church musicians said about the liturgy, and about life in the church generally. I appreciated her…

  Imagine Several firsts for me this past weekend. I was invited by a friend and colleague, Tracey Lind, to teach and preach at the cathedral in Cleveland, where she…

Not so great expectations In conversations about spiritual growth, how it happens, what gets in its way, here's one of the challenges I've run across. It's the absence of an…

  It is well with my soul Anxiety is running pretty high, assaulting on many fronts. Fear is fueled by war and rumor of war. Institutions of all sorts seem…

Monday, November 16, 2015 The joy for our family ran deep. My son got married on Saturday to a remarkable young woman from a faithful family, surrounded by love and…

The Pope, the Presiding Bishop and you "There is no such thing as a stationary Christian. You cannot think of a stationary Christian: a Christian that remains stationary is sick…

Intentionality Last week at this time, I was attending a conference called "Discipleship Matters." The Rev. Carol Anderson, one of our speakers, described the opportunities and challenges, hopes and fears,…

How does the shape of life in the Episcopal Church (or your respective denomination) foster depth and commitment to the way of Christ? How does it undermine it? The questions…

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