January 21, 2023

There will always be an England [, Church of?]

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Reading the Church of England’s bishops’ half-hearted outreach to same-sex couples (many of whom have already bypassed the church and are ma...
July 27, 2022

Lambeth Resolutions Come and Go

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In response to claims that Lambeth resolutions "hold" until expressly repealed, and citing Lambeth 1958's rejection of the for...
March 18, 2022

The Widow Walks

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The hallway retained the scent of lilies and hyacinth, mixed with the faint edge of mothballs. The funeral had been a few days earlier; I wa...
February 1, 2022

I saw heaven

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 I saw heaven in a dream the other night. In heaven, everyone is 22, and they all wear Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts and go barefoot. T...
December 2, 2021

Infrastructure Plan

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John went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the bo...
November 19, 2021

A Future for the Church

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I had some serious thoughts about the future of the church this afternoon, after reading about a diocese deciding to close a parish that was...
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October 4, 2021

Naked Need

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 Proper 22 • Advent 2021 • TSH  Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never ente...
September 28, 2021

Elephant, Snake, and the Garden

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A Not Just So Story by Tobias Stanislas Haller When God made the earth there was a special place called the Garden that was full of beautifu...
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April 9, 2021

Icons with Colored Pencils

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 As some of you know, I have been spending much of Coronatide in drawing what I call “quick icons” of the saints on the Calendar of The Epis...
October 9, 2020

Of “Revision” of Marriage Rites

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The debate over whether the proposed marriage rites authorized under Resolution B012 of the 2018 General Convention constitute “a revision o...
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September 21, 2020

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, a Symphonic Poem

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This is a Symphonic Poem, based on the poetic elegy by Walt Whitman, this is the first movement of a projected work based on several key ...
July 21, 2020

Pastoral Care in the Time of Pandemic

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One of the key elements of the ministry of pastoral care is presence: being present to and with the one to whom one relates as a pastor. So ...