Birthing a Movement

Birthing a Movement

Beloved Friends, This Sunday we will gather again- both for Trinity@Home and Trinity@316, 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...
Up, Up and Away….

Up, Up and Away….

Beloved Friends, Yesterday (May 26), the church observed the Feast of the Ascension commemorating the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven. Also known as Ascension Day, this feast day is celebrated 40 days following Easter and 10 days before the day of Pentecost. The...
How is a Bishop elected?

How is a Bishop elected?

Beloved Friends, Some of you are aware that I am currently serving on the Diocesan Bishop Search Committee. We had our first overnight retreat in December of this past year, and since then have been meeting on a regular basis attending to the concurrently onerous and...
What We Need is Here

What We Need is Here

Beloved Friends- What a glorious week it has been. But before I say anymore, take a moment and soak in these words by poet and environmental activist Wendell Berry: Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep,Holds them to their...
Mothering Love

Mothering Love

Beloved friends, From a very early age Taylor knew there was something different about our family, and it never seemed to bother her. About this time of year from 1st grade on, she would come home telling a version of the same story- over the years becoming more and...
Resurrection Madness

Resurrection Madness

Beloved Friends, We are in the heart of the season of Eastertide- the 50 days between Easter and Pentecost. It is the season following the resurrection and prior to the ascension when we are reminded of the mystery of welcoming the risen Christ- the new and not...