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The Seven Words of Jesus from the Cross occupy our Sundays in worship this Lenten season and on through Resurrection Sunday. We hope to...

When she was faced with people others found difficult to be with or even threatening, Mother Teresa would pray, “In what distressing...

The poem is called “Annunciation.” You can find it in a lovely book called A Pentecost of Finches, written by Robert Siegel. She didn’t...

The election to choose who would succeed George Washington as president, held in 1796, was a bitter contest marked by meanness,...

Beloved Freemason Street, At this time in our church year, we turn our attention to the nomination of deacons. I have been asked to...

(The flood in your life may not be literal, but many of us are feeling overwhelmed in some way today. Keep going.) The things we witness...

Thomas’ encounter with the Risen Christ can teach us what it means to be the Church today. Like Thomas, we are disciples who have not yet...

For many Christians, doubt is a word that reflects failure, especially when it comes to their faith. I know many who have questioned...

It took a while for me to get to know Thomas. For years, I knew of him by the wholly inappropriate nickname, Doubting Thomas. Growing up...

Hildegard of Bingen was a Christian teacher, writer, composer, and spiritual visionary, who was born in Germany at the end of the 11th...

All Saints Day Sundays have become among the most meaningful Sundays of our year in worship for me. Remembering those we have lost, who...

Hate may fill the hole in a wounded soul, but just for a while. It may fire a sense of purpose and drive. It may be the admission ticket...

It had been one of those nights when it felt as if, with enough of a shove, the entire world might split at the seams, coming apart, with...

As our time apart due to the pandemic goes on, I’ve been wondering what exactly this experience is doing to us, not just physically, but...

Could I just tell you a story today? I’ve been thinking about heaven a lot lately. Maybe it’s the wars. Maybe it’s the sense that the...

When Susanna, our daughter, was quite young she would sometimes bring me things she would want me to place high on the top shelf of my...

Today, I’ve been thinking about the gift of family and feeling grateful, especially, to have artists, poets, sculptors, and potters in...

Grief is sometimes a fierce companion; love mixed with tenacity, patience (and sometimes surrender) is what gets you through. There are...

“A single person is missing for you and the whole world is empty.” The line is by Joan Didion and is found in her book, The Year of...

If you want the world to be a good place, you need to live to your best to be a good person. If you want the world to be a loving place,...