Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’m writing late, late, late, after a week of meetings and celebrations and gratitude and, yes, some tears. Saying goodbye is work! And it will be, for now, goodbye. I mentioned in this
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’m writing late, late, late, after a week of meetings and celebrations and gratitude and, yes, some tears. Saying goodbye is work! And it will be, for now, goodbye. I mentioned in this
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’ve continued to mull over what it means to remain spiritually grounded in such a time as this; I preached on Sunday about having God’s vision of the beatitudes to see blessing in
Dear People of Christ Church, I hope those of you who gathered for church on Sunday after the blizzard enjoyed our service in the parish hall as much as I did. When I got to church at 7:30, as I
Dear People of Christ Church, This morning I’m writing in gratitude for the community we share, and in hope for our God who works wonders. Last night we gathered for Eucharist in the choir, about twenty of us, praying for
Dear People of Christ Church, It’s the first Thursday of the month, so I was blessed to spend the early morning with the Sisters of Saint Anne and their daily Eucharist, soft boiled egg and toast breakfast following. The sisters
Dear People of Christ Church, I’m back in the office now for two weeks between last week’s trip to Central New York to meet people in advance of the Episcopal election there and my family vacation, which we’re taking the
Dear People of Christ Church, In our Gospel on Sunday, the response to Jesus and his disciples is pretty ambivalent. It seems that people want to follow him, but that they all have something to do first—to care for a
Dear People of Christ Church, I recently had some time to spend with my kindle, and found Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. I’ve read a lot of her stuff before, but hadn’t spent much time with this one. Brown’s
Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’ve been spending a lot of time with the prodigal son, part of our Gospel Passage for Sunday. On Tuesday nights our Bible study is on the Scripture for the coming Sunday, so
Dear People of Christ Church, I’m still mulling over the Gospel for Sunday, Jesus’ encounter with the rich young man. It’s an astonishing and tragic moment: he comes up to Jesus and bows down, offering deference and respect. “Good Teacher,