This Sunday, we are marking our celebration of Pentecost with a new liturgical element during the service. Every year at Pentecost, we read from Acts 2, which tells the story of the first Pentecost, and the giving of the Holy Spirit. Verse six of Acts 2...
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...