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Beloved friends- Amidst the cacophony of news and noise around immigration in this country, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless these days. The current crisis of children being separated from their families and held in detention centers is yet one more deeply...

Beloved Friends, We are now in the church season we call “Ordinary Time,” the long “green” season that extends from now to the end of November. This is the season when we focus our hearts and minds on the fullness of Jesus’ ministry, rather than periods of focused...

Beloved Friends, This Sunday we will gather for a fabulous Feast Day in the life of the church called “Pentecost.” One of the most ancient feasts of the Church, Pentecost is often referred to as the “birth”-day of the church. On this day we read the story from Acts...

Beloved Friends, Greetings from Fairhope, Alabama! This is a week where I am exercising my call to the priesthood by serving the wider Episcopal Church. CREDO, is an International Episcopal Clergy Wellness Program offering a week of workshops, consultations and...

Beloved Friends, This Sunday is both the Fourth Sunday of Easter, and also what we call Good Shepherd Sunday. It is a day to continue celebrating the gift of the resurrection as well as reflect on the particular image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. And I readily...

Beloved Friends, The promise and the power of the resurrection is not just the empty tomb, it is the presence of the risen Christ in our midst. It is Christ meeting us in our everyday doubts, struggles and heartbreaks offering us peace in the midst of confusion and...

Look at him! Look not at his divinity but look rather at his freedom.  Look not at the exaggerated tales of his power but look rather at his infinite capacity to give himself away.  Look not at the first-century mythology that surrounds him, but look rather at his...

There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so. One must simply hold out and endure it. At first that sounds very hard, but at the same time it is also a great comfort. For to the extent the emptiness...

Community is the place where we ideally learn to be ourselves without fear or constraint. Community life deepens through mutual trust among all its members. The more authentic and creative a community is in its search for the essential, the more its members are called...

This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its...