Ash Wednesday: Beginning the Journey Towards Becoming Our Best Selves
For the last few years I have had the blessing of beginning my Ash Wednesday at an early morning…
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Annual Reflection
First things first. I want to begin by giving thanks for the ministry of Doug Sparks. Doug currently serves as…
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Sheltering Arms Sunday
One of my favorite annual events is the Sheltering Arms Grantee Luncheon. It’s a wonderful gathering that brings together…
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Creating Space for Sabbath in Our Lives
The look on his face said it all. And then he spoke, “I am totally stressed out.” This was…
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Response to Communiqué from the Primates of the Anglican Communion
We are blessed to live in a great neighborhood. There are lots of young families and there is an…
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Episcopal Commons: A Missional Innovative Partnership
God is love. Love as the manifestation of the wholeness or oneness of all of God’s creation. God is…
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Maintaining a Hopeful Perspective for the Future
“When my husband and I found out roughly six months ago that we were pregnant, with all that was…
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“Go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born!”
“Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; Go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus…
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The Gift of Jesus
As he lunged over two seated students while reaching towards me, he shouted, “I’m converting!” Every year during winter…
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Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Lost in my running “prayer-trance,” I was immediately startled by the booming sound of the bells that began to…