Abiding in Hope

What does it mean to have power? And what is the purpose of having power? Is it so that you can have everything your own way? Is it to be ab...

Back in the 1980s, MTV ruled the airwaves. The empowerment of youth was a constant theme, and gender expectations were often turned on their...

I bet we can all remember when we reached certain milestones in our lives. I remember when I was finally tall enough to ride Zingo, the wood...

Many of you have probably heard the old Chinese proverb: Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he eats for a li...

Mark 10:17-31 This Sunday’s collect reads as follows: Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continual...

Our readings today have stories of enemies, jealousies, and rivalry coming through them. There are some harsh images in the harsh for such a...

Mark 7:24-37 Just like all of us, Jesus needed periods of rest. And by now, the only way he was going to get that was by going away, by goin...

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Many years ago, a sweeping history of Australia was published called The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia’s Found...

John 6:56-69 It was all good when Jesus was passing around the bread and sardines. It was fine when Jesus was poking his finger into the eye...

Mark 4:35-41 Peace, be still. It is the time of year that darkness descends like a curtain on the ground only reluctantly, when the long day...

In the week that I have spent here on the Mountain at Sewanee, I've only had a few moments to walk among the trails that surround the do...