Dear Friends, Today is “Leftovers Day,” when we eat turkey sandwiches, turkey noodle soup, and – an old friend’s favorite: turkey hash. A quick Google search offers “9 Easy Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes,” or the “25 Best Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes,” or, for the...
Dear Friends, Thanksgiving is early this year – almost the earliest it can be in November. I suppose that will make it a good year for retailers since there will be a few more “shopping days ‘til Christmas.” Thank goodness a few stores have backtracked on the recent...
Dear Friends, The 207th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Ohio convenes this evening in Wooster with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 5:30 pm. The convention banquet will follow. Tomorrow morning, the convention’s business session will begin and then wrap up...
Dear Friends, “Oh, when the saints go marching in. . .” For those of us of a certain age, it’s impossible to read the opening line of the traditional Black spiritual without hearing the jazz great Louis Armstrong singing it. This Sunday, November 5, we’ll celebrate...
Dear Friends, Many years ago now, David Joslin, who served as the bishop of Central New York, wrote a little pamphlet for Forward Movement Publications (the folks who bring us the “Forward Day by Day” bible reading helps), called “An Apostle in our Midst.” He wanted...
Dear Friends, The Diocese of Ohio will hold its Annual Convention in Wooster on November 10 and 11. Trinity’s delegates will be Mary Beroske, Hugh Grefe, and Jolene Miller. I’ll be attending the convention with seat and voice, but no vote since I’m canonically a...