Dear Friends, It’s 6:30 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Parishioners Are? At this past Sunday’s annual meeting, as I watched four ministries (out of about 12+ ministries) highlight their activities during 2017 and tell us about 2018, I was absolutely blown away — the scope and depth about the way we (people at Epiphany) […]

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I will be in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 Dear Friends: In the Episcopal Church, we have a lot of meetings. With our roots as far back as those very first Christians, we’ve learned to have a lot of meetings. Meetings help us define […]

“The morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy” Job 38:7 Dear Friends: My home church is St. James’s, Richmond.  Along with Freddie’s family, St. James’s raised me up to be a faithful disciple as an Episcopalian in my young adult years.  Aware of the glory of God transforming my life, […]

“May I continue to find favor in your eyes, sir…” Ruth 2:13 Dear Friends: Calling all women! Behold, beginning Wednesday January 31 at 7:30p.m. we’ll gather for some story telling as we romp through the Book of Ruth. The book, often read and understood as a sweet folktale; a story of triumphant victory that stems […]

Dear Friends, When I joined the vestry two years ago, Hillary told us that we were entering a critical period in our congregation’s history (and in that of the broader church, but that’s for another Hump Day message). We were growing rapidly and would soon undergo a phase shift in which our previous modes of […]

Dearest Epiphany, Please let me begin this Hump Day Message by saying: Thank YouEpiphany. Thank you for all of your love; thank you for all of your support; thank you for all of the cards; thank you for all of the warm meals and delicious goodies; thank you for all of your visits; thank you for mourning with us the loss of our infant child, Adelia Sue; and […]

Dear Congregation, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you. As many of you know, I work a full time job as an elementary music and chorus teacher for Fairfax County. I also have three kids that keep me very busy with sports and other kid “stuff.” I recently approached […]

“Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.” Ephesians 4:12 Dear Friends: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It’s time for New Year’s Resolutions. If only I could get my New Year’s Resolutions to work. My resolutions are too vague. Like, “pray more” […]

“Nothing is impossible with God…” Luke 1: 37 Dear Santa: Is it too late to send you my Christmas list? It’s a BIG list. You might want to share it with God and all God’s people… I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us. I would like an abundance of peace. I […]

“They asked, ‘Who are you?  We need to give an answer to those who sent us.  What do you say about yourself?’” John 1:22 Dear Friends: Who are you?  What do you say about yourself?  It seems these days, we wonder and question a lot about who people are and what they have to say […]