Our First Christmas Together

Our First Christmas Together

Dear Friends, I’m so excited to celebrate our first Christmas together here at Trinity! This community has already been such a joyful gift for Michael and me, and we are excited to be reaching this milestone together. As you make your way through figuring out...
The Innkeeper

The Innkeeper

Dear Friends! At Trinity, we are a community who truly understands and values the impact of music and the arts; two ultimate forms of communication. They allow us to take our stories and deepen our understanding, starting with analytical thought and moving into a...
The Journey of Advent

The Journey of Advent

Dear friends, Last weekend, we celebrated the last Sunday of Ordinary Time with the Reign of Christ, which is the end of our liturgical calendar. This Sunday, November 30, is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season of preparation and anticipation of the coming...
Finding that “reset”

Finding that “reset”

Dear Friends, As I write this, I’m getting myself ready to head out on my first monastic retreat since I’ve been at Trinity. By the time you read it, I’ll be on the tail end of that retreat, about to head home. I try to take these kinds of retreats twice a year –...
Help Portrait

Help Portrait

Dear friends, On Saturday, December 6 we can show up in a way that no one has in the past six years in Toledo. In the early 2010’s photographer Jeremy Cowart founded an organization that turned into a movement called Help Portrait. It was a place where our siblings on...
Celebration of Ministry – Chapter 2

Celebration of Ministry – Chapter 2

Dear Friends, In last week’s Topics article, Jon outlined what Trinity’s Celebration of New Ministry is all about: “to mark ways that ministry is new and renewed for the whole congregation when a priest is first called to a parish.” In my role on Altar Guild, Jon told...