“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…
“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 …
