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Embracing the Twelve Days of Christmas
When Christmas's tide comes in like a bride,With holly and ivy clad,Twelve days in the year, much mirth and good ...
Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The Practice of Reflection
“Moving into a new year doesn’t mean starting over, it means starting again, armed with wisdom we’ve gathered along the ...
Sons and Daughters of Thunder
Whenever the Bishop saw Elizabeth and me together at some diocesan event, he would say, “Well, this looks like trouble.” ...
Christmas: A Feasting Mindset
And therefore, uncle, though (Christmas) has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that ...
We’re Almost Close to Meeting Jesus
“We’re almost close to meeting Jesus.” These were the words my 5-year-old grandson, James, joyfully yelled on December 16th as ...
The Pageant and the Cross
We held our annual Christmas Pageant at St. Michael’s early this year—December 15—because one faithful family was heading out of ...
The Advent and Christmas Jumble
My own kids, our Sunday school kids, and the families in our church community all bring the same question this time of year. How ...
Embracing Complexity: Lessons from Elphaba and Imogene
In the past three weeks, I've seen three movies in the theater with my thirteen-year-old daughter. A personal record, for ...
Plowshares of Peace
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.He shall judge between the ...
Santa or God or Saint Nicholas
If you've never observed the Feast of Saint Nicholas before, here's my pitch to start today. First though, let's hear ...
Volleyball and the Body of Christ
My family spends a lot of time on the sidelines of youth and high school sporting events. So much time, ...
Advent: The Ancient Practice of Patience
As a child, my family had one Advent calendar we used for years. It featured a nativity with twenty-four paper ...
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The Prophetic Witness of Absalom Jones
Today we remember the life and faith of Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in the Episcopal Church, whose ...
In the Land of the Living
Years ago, on a beautiful sunny Saturday during my mom’s last battle with breast cancer, I turned aside from my ...
Obedience and Submission
Everything conspires to take away from a man who is set in authority over others the sense of justice and ...
Between Love and Fear: Parenting, Protection, and the Story of Manche Masemola
The older my children get, the harder it is to know what it means to protect them. Even as we ...
Sharing Christ’s Light through Word and Deed
The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord, celebrated 40 days following the celebration of Christ’s birth, was first observed ...
Nurturing bright flames of love with Saint Brigid
Today is the 1,501st anniversary of the death of Brigid of Kildare. Brigid is one of the three patron saints ...