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Unpacking from the journey

January 11, 2019 No Comments

Taking time for quiet reflection helps solidify experience and helps clear the decks to make space for the next adventure.

Holy Saturday: Jesus goes to hell

April 4, 2015 2 Comments

In the creed we say after the resurrection Jesus descended into hell. A video from the Diocese of Arizona depicts this event.

How the Easter bunny got so soft

April 4, 2015 1 Comment

First a question: Do you know what you get when you pour host water down a rabbit hole? (see answer below) Bloomberg View gives us the

Advent ideas

December 6, 2014 3 Comments

What are you doing to keep Advent this year? Share your ideas in the comments. Here are a few offerings: The Anglican Communion Office is

While the rest of the world lights up for the mid-winter season’s crazy blend of commercialism, festival and cultural Christianity, most of our Episcopal Church’s remain externally dark, unadorned, and preciously uncontaminated by the happy secularism all around us. But why?

Lent Madness 2015 bracket announced

November 4, 2014 2 Comments

Matchups for

Psalms for difficult days

September 4, 2014 No Comments

by Maria Evans Hold not your tongue, O God of my praise; * for the mouth of the wicked, the mouth of the deceitful, is

Dandelions for Easter

May 22, 2014 No Comments

by Marshall Scott Some who have read me before may recall that this time of year some of my time goes into gardening. I am,

Street Theater and Gospel Presence

April 24, 2014 1 Comment

… at one point in the procession, as we paused for prayer, I overheard one onlooker, observing us at prayer, say to his friend in some amazement: “You know, I think these people are serious!”

Debriefing Easter

April 21, 2014 No Comments

Now that the annual liturgical endurance trial known as Holy Week and Easter is behind us, those of us who work in the church professionally