The Archive

Day: August 24, 2017

National Cathedral speeds up decision on Lee and Jackson windows

August 24, 2017 5 Comments

“Those windows won’t remain in their current place in their current context” – Cathedral spokesperson

The intersection of two heavenly bodies is not rare!

August 24, 2017 No Comments

The glory of this week’s total solar eclipse, then, can teach us about our own eclipses and intersections, and overshadowings. It is restorative simply to pause, and to marvel, at the glorious constellation of heavenly bodies among whom we live, and move, and have our being.

Passions rise over name of Lee parish in Virginia

August 24, 2017 15 Comments

Tensions over the name of the Robert E. Lee Memorial church in Lexington, VA continue to rise in the wake of a white supremacist rally and deadly violence in nearby Charlottesville.

Bless the Lord

August 24, 2017 2 Comments

I have read dozens of descriptions of this moment of totality. None captures the awe I felt when I saw our star occluded, a disc surrounded by an eerie luminescence. It was white – bluish white – purplish, bluish white – a unnatural, unearthly color – and dumbfounding, breath stopping.