Missouri Diocesan Convention, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis

  Well, the Occupy-ers are being thrown out of one park after another.  They were evicted from Zuccotti Park near Wall Street Monday night and from Kiener Plaza here last […]

St. John’s Cathedral, Denver

A colleague of mine, who used to be the chaplain at Sing Sing, says that baptizing inmates was one of the more powerful things he got to do there, and […]

St. James, Hyde Park, NY

  "The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock." Getting here […]

Proper 25A, Deuteronomy 34:1-12

  What do we do about the death of Moammar Qaddafi?  Will we pray for him?  Can we commend him to the mercy of God?  The fate of Osama bin […]

Diocesan visit – Northern Indiana: Proper 24A

  Have you ever seen God’s glory passing by?  The beauty of autumn can be like that, as dying leaves go out in a blaze of glory.  We didn’t see […]

Diocese of Northern Indiana Convention: Teresa of Avila

  Most people who know anything about Teresa of Avila know that she was a mystic, and spent much of her life in contemplation.  Some are aware that she was […]

Presiding Bishop speakes at Everyone, Everywhere

  Well, we’ve come to the mountain.  Is it the mountain of God’s house?  There’s a place in the foothills of Colorado Springs, not too far from here, called Garden […]

For the Anniversary of the Dedication of a Church

  My husband and I went backpacking in northern Nevada in August.  We hiked up a trail that started at 8500 feet, and then left the trail and climbed over […]

A Pastoral Letter on Israeli Palestinian Peace

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Peoria, IL

  I spent several days recently in a small hotel in Cape Town.  My hosts in that diocese chose the Palm House, which is much beloved by visitors.  It’s a […]