Beloved Epiphany friends– On Sunday, you’ll hear all about preparation from the children’s point of view, but I expect you’re not surprised that one of the ways we have exercised patience has revolved around the notion of preparation. For a while, when it was too risky to go out and go shopping, some folks had […]

Beloved Epiphany friends– We’ve had a lot of experience with needing patience over the past year and a half, haven’t we? I can recall the early days of the pandemic, when we expected that we’d definitely be back into our normal practices by Easter, 2020. And then it became evident that this would not happen, […]

Beloved Epiphany friends– I’m away on retreat this weekend. I’m at the Kanuga Retreat and Conference Center in the western hills of North Carolina, a rustic and beautiful place. I’m praying, writing icons, and writing sermons for Advent this week, and soaking in the restorative blessing of doing these things in silence and in conversation with […]

Beloved Epiphany friends– The beautiful mural that was commissioned for the side of our shed, right by the Door #2 entrance, is in progress. When I left church Sunday afternoon – Sunday afternoon is a very quiet time in the building, and it’s a good time to get ahead on work to be done – I […]

Beloved Epiphany friends– I expect that if you’re like me, you probably say “thanks” a hundred times a day. Thanks to the barista who brews that hot chai latte. Thanks to the person who holds the door for you – yes, that really does still happen! Thanks to a co-worker who brings you something you […]

Dear brothers and sisters of Epiphany- As you may be aware, our Diocese is in the process of seeking a new Bishop Diocesan, our senior Ecclesiastical Authority.  It’s a similar process to what we’ve been doing at Epiphany as our parish seeks its next Rector.  There is a committee called the Bishop Search Committee, appointed […]

Dear brothers and sisters of Epiphany- We are more fully into autumn now, and our body clocks are adjusting, a process more biologically ingrained that we may realize. Shorter days, even though the work continues at the same rate, or faster. Longer nights, even though we don’t take advantage of that fact to catch up […]

Dear brothers and sisters of Epiphany- A small but faithful group have been meeting for our online Adult Learning program on grief and loss, and processing those events with the Psalms. We’ve talked of the difficulties of going from a sense that the world is stable and we know where we are in it (Orientation) […]

Dear brothers and sisters of Epiphany- Well, it’s REALLY Hump Day this week, as we prepare to hear Jesus’ words about it being harder for a rich person to get to heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It’s got to be one of the oddest metaphors […]

Dear Friends in Christ, This year’s Annual Giving Campaign Theme is “Changing Lives in Changing Times.” This theme strikes both a personal note for me as well as for our entire Buildings and Grounds (B&G) ministry team. Despite the changing times, the B&G ministry team has successfully weathered the pandemic by working closely together while […]