FOLLOWING THE SAINTS AND HEARING MY CALL January and February celebrate many beacons of Christian faith, including Florence Li Tim-oi, Absalom Jones, and Anna Julia Haywood Cooper. [...]
PREPARING FOR SCANDAL Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth is a tender - and shocking - encounter between two pregnant women rejoicing in their coming babies, and [...]
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? John the Baptist's response to repentant sinners asking "what should we do?" has much in common with lessons learned in kindergarten: be generous, [...]
PRAYER FOR PREPARATION The Collect for Purity is an ancient prayer of the church that matches John the Baptist's summon that we go into the wilderness of [...]
NAMING WHERE WE ARE Advent, the beginning of the church year, invites us into growing dark and quiet so that we can say where we are, rather [...]
THE GIFT OF CONNECTION Celebrating the feast day of Saint Andrew, we realize the profound gift of our patron saint. Although mentioned only a few times, Saint [...]
LIFTING THE VEIL In Jesus' last visit to the Temple before his crucifixion, he tries to help the disciples see things clearly, to dis-illusion them, rather than [...]
TWO SIDES OF A COIN: HALLOWE'EN AND ALL SAINTS' DAY Hallowe’en and All Saints’ Day both look at what we fear. Hallowe’en focuses on external threats; All [...]
LEARNING TO SEE Following Jesus, we learn to see, recasting focus and purpose. Subscribe to Podcast feed [...]
FREEDOM AND DANGER The Book of Job does not directly answer the question of why humans suffer. Instead, it paints a picture of creation that includes a [...]
