Epiphany 5A (as delivered at Historic St. Paul’s in Pendleton at 5PM) Matthew 5:13-20 Jesus said to his disciples: All y’all are the salt of the earth. All y’all are the light of the world. It is a little known fact that Jesus was the first Southern preacher. He regularly...
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The beginning of each new year is a natural time to take stock of various aspects of our lives: to look back over the most recent year to assess successes and failures, to consider the present state of one’s health–physical, mental, financial, and...
My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, By the time you read this, we will have lit one candle on our Advent wreath, asking Emmanuel, God-with-us, to ransom the captive and to teach us the ways of Wisdom. We have entered a season of expectation, preparation, and–I hope–some contemplation of...
Why does the Church follow a different calendar than the rest of the world? The patterns of our church calendar, based in liturgical seasons, frame our parish life. The repeating cycles of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and the Season after Pentecost, sprinkled with Holy Days and Feasts, connect the...
My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, My heart is so very full right now–filled with gratitude, love, and admiration. I am grateful for the many, many generous gifts of time and talent that were outpoured in preparation for the Celebration of our New Ministry together on October 18. Thanks...
I have just come in from a quiet morning of kayaking on Week’s Bay on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. I have spent the week preparing for the work of this afternoon, which is to write a Rule of Life for myself. However, our retreat leader reminded us as we...
Change always brings challenges and opportunities. The ways that we experience change depend on how we balance the needs that prompt change and the emotions that result from change. There have been some big changes at Holy Trinity this year, and my observation is that the Wardens, your Vestry, the...
This has been a difficult summer for our country and for the world. Violent attacks on innocent people celebrating their cultures in Orlando and Nice, violent political upheavals in multiple African nations and Turkey, senseless deaths of American citizens at the hands of police, horrific ambushes designed to take the...
