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…
“Drin Choo”
“After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”…
“Christmas without Indifference”
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:12-13 …
“A Scandalous Family Tree” – 4 Advent
“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son,…
“A reed shaken by the wind?”
Herod Antipas (aka Herod the Tetrarch and King Herod) was Caesar Augustus’ puppet ruler of Galilee when Jesus asked the crowds about John the Baptizer: “What did you go out…
