Jun 253 minSUMMER AND FALL ADULT LEARNING SERIES 2020The Episcopal Church, Identity and Race Over the next few months we will be going back to basics and exploring the roots of our belief sy...
Jun 21 minResponse to St John's DCWhilst there is a danger in reacting too quickly to the events at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington today I feel I have to say so...
May 293 minMinneapolis and our common call.In 1965, in Hayneville, Alabama, Jonathan Daniels, a young Episcopal Seminarian from New York, was shot dead by sheriff's deputy and cons...
Apr 41 minA little bit BabylonThe Psalm at Morning Prayer today is 137 - by the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept, there we remembered Zion. The iconic recording...
Apr 12 minUp to JerusalemYesterday, we started the climb up to Jerusalem with the Ascent Psalms at Morning and Evening Prayer. Psalms 120 - 134 are thus called be...
Mar 312 minI fear no moreToday we remember John Donne. He was a priest and poet in England in the seventeenth century. I posted one if his poems on my personal Fa...
Mar 281 minRagged edgesYesterday we watched a movie called "The Last Black Man in San Francisco". I really enjoyed it. There were all sorts of themes going on b...
Mar 271 minLet's face the music and danceThere is an old song, written by Irvine Berlin, called "There may be trouble ahead". I have no idea why that popped into my head this mor...
Mar 251 minA Startling - Yes!Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. We remember that Mary was visited by the angel and asked this most wonderful of questions -to whi...
Mar 242 minA strange and Wonderful JourneyToday, in the English commemoration of the saints, we remember Walter Hilton. He was born in 1340 and went on to become an Augustinian Fr...
Mar 232 minWhose right is it anyway?The other day, before we were all six feet apart, someone was telling me about a friend who lived next to a tract of agricultural land. M...
Mar 212 minPrayer Book PawPawToday is the commemoration of Thomas Cranmer who is the great-grand-daddy of our Book of Common Prayer. There were, in fact, a group of B...
Mar 202 minBalloon-lessI was pondering the idea of self-giving and generosity. One facet of it might be to think of two children with helium balloons. They are ...
Mar 182 minChanges and chancesSome of you know we have a batch of chicks, I think I have already blogged about them earlier. There are 10 of them and they have gone fr...
Mar 172 minWhere's the map?My children used to watch a TV show called Dora the Explorer. I have no idea whether it is still around, probably not. When I had small c...
Mar 162 minWhat are you praying for?It is a well known fact that people "find religion" in times of crisis. I have been thinking about that after a Facebook post which aske...
Mar 141 minAn abiding themeMy parents retired to a small fishing port on the southwest coast of England, called Brixham. Brixham, like many small towns has some cla...
Mar 131 minRock and pebblesThere is a place in England called Cheddar - yes, that is where the cheese name came from. Around those parts is something called the "Ch...
Mar 111 minDogs (and lilies)We have two dogs. The one in the picture is Charlie. Our other dog, Solomon, is a big black (mostly) lab. He is the sort of dog who loves...
Mar 101 minIn all honestyThis yoga pose is called "Chataranga dandasana" or "four limbed staff pose". It is difficult, especially for women, be cause it requires ...
