Break Open The Story: Approaching Good Friday Anew
If Palm Sunday’s approach to the Passion skips too quickly through the events of Holy Week, I would propose an approach to Good Friday that reverses the balance
Liturgical Year
Can you transfer the Annunciation?
When an important celebration like the Annunciation falls in Holy Week, can we transfer it to a more palatable date? Liturgically, sure.
The Very Stones
Jesus replies, “I tell you, if they keep quiet, the very stones will cry out.”
Present-Focused Living
Do you ever find it hard to live presently in one season, while also planning for another?
My Lenten Observation This Year
“You are always rushing and irritated.” The words from my car radio jarred me out of a busy day hurriedly
The Relief of Forgiveness
Have you ever met someone and, for reasons you can’t place, immediately decided they were annoying?
In Lent, the dazzling icons are covered in purple
Saint Michael’s parishioners connect to Episcopal touchstones in our sanctuary in many ways.
Finding God on the Mountain and in the Valley
There are certain rhythms of the liturgical year I can often feel like I’m learning for the very first time.
Lifting our hearts on the Feast of the Presentation
On February 2, forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the presentation of Jesus in the Jewish Temple by his parents.
Epiphany Star Words: My blessing, my nemesis
Perhaps it’s a suburban thing, or a me thing, but I don’t love asking for help.