Like the rest of the world, I got up early last Saturday and was glued to the TV watching the wedding of Prince Harry to Meagan Markle. I wasn’t disappointed, the bride was beautiful, the...
It seems almost surreal to me how the world today is filled with language peppered with curse words. Words that lack certain civility or graciousness now appear in the language of children to...
Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter are always so familiar to me. I find the whole process incredibly comforting, like a roaring fire on a cold winter’s night. The hymns from All Glory Laud and Honor...
I was recently stunned by a statistic shared with me. The person giving me the information was far wiser in the Episcopal Church, and I have no reason to doubt the information...
When my son got his first phone call after finishing boot camp, one of the things he told me was that “he had accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.” There’s nothing wrong in that, except...
Some Sundays, I sit in my pew and watch all the other parishioners. I tend to sit pretty close to the front, given my failing hearing and so I can study folks as they return to their pews from...
Many years ago, when I was a member of St. Andrew’s, Downers Grove, IL, I asked a question of the Deacon. Now, this Deacon was once a Catholic and a man of great humor. We often engaged in a...
Many years ago, when I was a member of St. Andrew’s, Downers Grove, IL, I asked a question of the Deacon. Now, this Deacon was once a Catholic and a man of great humor. We often engaged in a...