Last Sunday I attended a memorial service for Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. As expected, our Presiding Bishop Michael Curry delivered a rousing and passionate sermon. The choir and instrumentalists delivered an exquisite...
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of Absalom Jones, on the anniversary of his death, which was on February 13, 1818. Absalom Jones is remembered because he founded the first black Episcopal congregation in 1794, and in 1802, was the first African-American...
This past Wednesday was the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, also known as Candlemas. Today we mark this feast with the blessing of candles to celebrate Jesus as the light of the world. Forty days after Christmas, Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the...
Dear Congregation, Last night, I had an experience I’ve not had in a very long time. A friend bought tickets to a Broadway show, an actual Broadway show, and we went to see “David Byrne’s American Utopia”. I had no idea what this was or what to expect. I was...
“The more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely will Jesus Christ and His work become the one and only thing that is vital between us.” These words from theologian Dietrich...