Hello from our happy, joy-filled and deliriously tired Pilgrimage family! What a trip! Despite major travel delays on both ends of our trip, this has been a week marked by the assurance of being exactly where the Lord wanted us. Ecclesiastes 7:14 says "In the day of prosperity be joyful,...
Well, today didn’t go exactly as we had planned...but we were right where the Lord had planned for us to be. Through several flight changes, delays and cancellations, we spent the day waiting through severe weather at the Atlanta airport. A very kind United gate agent spent several hours helping...
Last weekend I enjoyed the special privilege of time with 100 amazing women, including my sweet and amazing daughter, Rebekah. I have three sons as well who I love with my whole heart, but for decades now just the one daughter. Some years ago, she and I clearly transitioned from...
The Prayerful Groundwork of Civil Discourse Join me in a new Rector’s Sunday Forum beginning January 27 as we explore the way practices of prayer ground our engagement in civil discourse. I will be helping lead the upcoming Lansing Lee Conference at Kanuga Conference Center March 22 to 24, where...
They feast upon the abundance of your house; you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the well of life, and in your light we see light. On Monday I received a text from my friend Stephanie, who asked if I could do a...
Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 When I was in Middle School, we took our first skills inventory test, one of many until undergrad. They brought in a large, repurposed bus that was filled with cubicles and...
A Retreat with Phileena Heurtz Come share in a special retreat as we welcome Phileena Heuertz, author of Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation on Saturday, January 12 from 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM in the parish hall. Phileena will reflect on her book, inviting us to consider what it...
Meanwhile, Christmas is still going strong on this Sixth Day. It seems like so many love to sing “the Twelve Days of Christmas”—up until the first day, then it’s time to wrap this all up. While shopping for storage bins last Wednesday, Lisa overheard a young man say how tired...
Veni, veni, Emmanuel O Come, O Come, Emmanuel… This is the second sermon in a three-part series exploring ‘the body’ as the Sacred Language of Christianity. This Advent and Christmas Season offers us a space to reflect a bit more deeply on these core themes of our tradition. It may...
Madaonna and Child by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato The Word became flesh and dwelled among us… Today’s homily is the first in a three-part reflection, with what we will share this morning, as well as tonight at Lessons and Carols, and at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. As we...