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 ...
May 5, 2020

A Prayer for Communion with Christ

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Because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, most Episcopal parishes have been unable to hold public worship, though many are live-streamin...
April 6, 2020

On being alone

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When Wesley taught that there is no such thing as a solitary Christian he was emphasizing his belief in a particular kind of realized eccles...
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March 25, 2020

The Broken Body

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The Holy Eucharist is about the assembled people of God, but it is not only  about the assembly. For while it is true, as the Didache  p...
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January 20, 2020

Sickness unto Death

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Parts of the church are experiencing a kind of autoimmune disease in which the body attacks itself. Such conditions are always painful, and ...
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September 16, 2019

Half Empty

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St Luke’s Philadelphia • Sept 15 2019 RCL1: Jer 4:11-12,22-28; Ps 14; 1Tim 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-10 For thus says the Lord: The whole land shall ...
September 8, 2019

Beyond the Call of Duty

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Church of the Advent, Federal Hill • Proper 18c 2019 Though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty, yet I would rather a...
August 4, 2019

New Selves

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Proper 13c • Church of the Advent Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth ...✠ A wise old bishop once del...
July 28, 2019

Debt Forgiveness

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Church of the Advent, Federal Hill • Proper 12c Jesus said, Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone indebted to us… A key biblical the...
April 7, 2019

New Resource from Church Publishing

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This is my latest work to be published by Church Publishing Incorporated. It consists of reflections on the liturgy and spirituality of th...
March 29, 2019

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The latest exhibit for Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts is now online.  I had the honor to serve as curator. —Tobias Stanislas Haller...
February 24, 2019

Room at the Table

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It was announced recently that spouses of bishops were invited to attend the 2020 Lambeth Conference, except for the spouses who happened...
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February 14, 2019

Call to Artists

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ECVA is pleased to announce its Spring 2019 Member Exhibition, "Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness." The exhibition will ...
December 30, 2018

Not Our Doing

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Christmas 1 • Holy Covenant Episcopal Church, Baltimore  When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born unde...
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