“My heart, O God, is steadfast; I will sing and make music with all my soul.” Psalm 108:1 Dear Friends, So many of my childhood memories with my dad center around music. Neither of us are musicians, but we wish we were. We love good soul music that gets down into our bones. Whenever we […]

Jesus said, “I will ask the Father, and he will send another Companion…the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name…” John 14:16, 26 Dear Friends: At the last vestry meeting, during our opening Bible Study, we pondered the question, “which part of the trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) are you most […]

“…as he blessed them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.” Luke 24:51 Dear Friends: Thank goodness Jesus blesses us before he’s sucked up into heaven. In the last three verses of Luke’s gospel, this is what we get. Jesus, alive, resurrected from the dead, taken up to heaven. The image is not […]

“…that we all may be one…” John 17:21 Dear Friends: Earlier this month I was able to join with more than a hundred colleagues across The Diocese at Shrine Mont for a brief Spring Clergy Conference. Thank you for helping to steady the ship while I was away.  Shrine Mont is our Diocesan principal Cathedral […]

Jesus said, “…love each other.”John 13:34 Dear Friends: Not long ago, a person of deep faith said to me when referring to a group different from their familiar group, “I love them, but…” Then, the person went on to tell me why it’s acceptable to exclude them. Oh my. “It’s so easy! Why don’t we […]

Dear Friends:  As you know, our beloved Gwynn Crichton has been with us for her first year of internship as a seminarian in preparation for her role as a priest in the church. As one of her official assignments, Gwynn is required to submit a paper stating her observations of her field site. Below is […]

Come, let’s shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us! (The Message Psalm 95:1) Dear Friends:  We’re dancing and celebrating today! History tells us that throughout most of the world May 1st is the celebration with joy of the entrance of spring. Flowers adorn heads of statues. Baskets of fresh flowers […]

“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it.” Psalm 24:1 Happy Eastertide, Friends! You may have noticed that Easter Day was followed by Earth Day on Monday, April 22nd. This is the closest proximity between Easter and Earth Day since the very first Earth […]

“Then a voice came from heaven,…The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder.” John 12:29 Dear Friends: A blessed Holy Week my friends. This morning in seven o’clock worship, we read of the voice of God speaking from heaven like a sound of thunder announcing Jesus as the Son of God, the […]

“Then Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those who were selling and buying there.”Matthew 21:12a  Dear Friends:   The roller coaster begins. Jesus, enters into Jerusalem, where he is destined to suffer mightily, and die upon the cross before he is risen from the stone, cold tomb. Down and up. But, first we […]