“Ascension Presence”
“[Why] do you stand looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into…
“Easter is for All!” & “Victory”
“Easter is for All!” On of the best and most lasting Easter sermons was written in the late 4th century by John Chrysostom (the same John Chrysostom whose well known…
“Palm or Passion?”
This Sunday, April 2, is known by two titles: Palm Sunday and The Sunday of the Passion. Before the 1979 Prayer Book (or Vatican II for that matter), Passion Sunday…
“As I See It”
I’m celebrating the Fourth Sunday in Lent in Haines, AK at St. Michael’s and All Angels. It is deeply refreshing to be back to visiting our communities and to see people…
From the Bishop
My Greetings from Camp McDowell in the Diocese of Alabama. I am here with the House of Bishops in prayer and retreat, in worship and study, in fellowship and conversation.…
“Lent: When a Beaver is a Fish and Fish might not be a Fast”
Most folks are aware of the traditional Lenten fasting practice of eating only fish on Fridays. But did you know that, according to Vatican guidelines, beaver, muskrat, alligator, turtle, and…
“A Holy Lent”
With the arrival of “Ash Wednesday” this past week, the season of Lent has begun. Every year at the beginning of Lent I struggle for an appropriate greeting. My default…
Free Sunday School Curriculum
The Virginia Theological Seminary offers Episcopal Children’s Curriculum as a FREE download. Three age groups are available: Preschool/Kindergarten, Primary grades 1-3, and Intermediate grades 4-6. All the materials you need…
“Presentation”
To the Church, February 2nd is not about groundhogs, gophers, wombats, marmots, or any other winter weather predicting rodents. For the Church, February 2nd is the Feast of the Presentation…
“Tis the Season”
The Book of Common Prayer identifies the Epiphany, January 6, and the Sundays following through the Sunday before Ash Wednesday as “Epiphany Season” (BCP pg. 31). Other denominations have different calendar…
