The icon now mounted in the Chapel of the Resurrection was acquired by me in Rhodes when I traveled there with friends in 1989. It is an Eastern Orthodox representation of Jesus' Incarnation. All of the ‘traditional’ personnel of the Christmas story can be...
This past Wednesday, Incarnation hosted a screening of Mothers of Bedford, a documentary film about mothers incarcerated in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County. One of the statistics we learned was that 80% of female inmates are...
I’m not crying, you’re crying…Oh wait! I’m crying. Dear Friends, What is it about crying? What is it about that surprising, out of nowhere, uncontrollable, embarrassing visit from the Holy Spirit? When I’m with people who are going through tough times and...
This weekend, I'm away at the Episcopal Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Leaders Retreat at Trinity Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. A day in, it has already been a wonderful time. The Episcopal Church is woefully behind most Christian denominations...
Last week, I joined a small group of Christian clergy at a synagogue on the Upper West Side. We were there to hear from Rachel Goldberg, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who is one of the 133 hostages still held by Hamas. Hersh is a 23-year-old dual...