MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 23, 2014 "You can do better than fine. You can do great." Last week, I met a friend over a glass…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 16, 2014 Joy Many of you know that one of my vocations is to create cartoons, specifically drawings commissioned by the…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 9, 2014 More than we could ask or imagine Last week, I attended a conference called Eformation2014 at Virginia Seminary. It…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, June 2, 2014 Let me try out this image of the spiritual life, courtesy of Desmond Tutu, who seems to know a lot…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, May 26, 2014 On this Memorial Day, I remember Clyde and Evelyn. I served in a church near a VA hospital that…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, May 19, 2014 I read recently that when the missionary E. Stanley Jones met Mahatma Gandhi he said, "Mr. Gandhi, though you…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, May 5, 2014 Last week, I attended a conference with about 20 rectors and a guest speaker, Bill Powers, author of N.Y.…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, April 28, 2014 A nimble faith On this Monday in the Easter season, I find myself mindful of the different ways the…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, April 21, 2014 Yes One of the great privileges in my life: to administer communion, giving out bread or wine as the…

MONDAY MATTERS Reflections to start the week Monday, April 14, 2014 Praying shapes believing That's one of the things we say about our tradition. The ways we pray, our requests…