“Work hard, play hard, rinse, repeat” was how I lived most of my adult life. While living in NYC, I spent a lot of my early years focusing my energy towards gaining earthly pleasures and career advancement in lieu of strengthening my bond with Christ – never...
This Sunday is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis is best known for his voluntary poverty, radical charity, and deep love of animals and nature. We’ll be celebrating his feast day at Thursday’s service of Candlelight Communion with the blessing...
Saint Paul, the Greatest Ancient Writer: Part 2 In early August, Dana and I were privileged to attend a friend’s milestone birthday party. There I was seated at dinner next to a superb painter whose work I’ve always admired. (She’s a wonderful writer, too.)...
The word agape has been on my mind lately. First, because of the highly successful Agape Fund Bake Sale last weekend! Second, because of the dire need for more agape (Christlike) love in our world. And third, because of all the premarital counseling I’ve...
Reflections on the Confession of Peter, the gospel lesson for Pentecost XIII, 2026, Incarnation’s Principal Service at 11:00 (Morning Prayer) Priests have a choice of sources for the sermons they deliver on a given Sunday;...