Dear Friends, About halfway through today’s Gospel reading, I was struck with a vivid memory of reading this passage in my teens and how differently I…
Dear friends, I recently heard a community band perform a free concert, big band style, with horns, drums, guitar and bass, and a piano player dancing…
Dear Friends, I have deployed Matthew 25:40, as people often do, as an appeal to remember those most in need. Like Mark 12:31 and John 13:34, it distills Christ’s teaching to its essence: love one another. That’s…
Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave…* Dear friend, Control. It’s difficult to seize the wheel in the first place, and difficult…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The gospel reading* for today is…well, a little intense. As Episcopalians, we are many things. But “intensity” is not one of our…