“Act Justly and Love Mercy and Walk Humbly with your God”
Where else can I walk humbly with God than on the land–on this good earth? And how else can I act justly or love mercy than with those who occupy…
“Kodachrome Christ”
“Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself? Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every…
“The Season of Creation”
The Season of Creation As the summer season unfolds in all of its grandeur (not to mention the buzz of its mosquitoes), I want to encourage and challenge all Episcopalians…
“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…
