Abiding in Hope

We have been experiencing a pretty severe drought here in the Land Between the Coasts. I can actually count the three times it has rained si...

I love the book (and the movie version) of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It . The story of a family of two sons, love of nature,...

There is a gospel of the Good Old Days that runs as an undertow in American economics and politics, rolling silently and deadly, seeking t...

I once was blessed to hear Denise Levertov read this poem and others in Tulsa as a student at TU.... The Ache of Marriage ...

Christ has no body now on earth but yours,  no hands but yours,  no feet but yours,  Yours are the eyes through which  is to look out...

 This morning, one of the readings in the daily office was one of my favorite passages in the Bible: There is a time for everything,   ...

I am not by nature a patient person. I am not very patient even when I try to be. This is something I constantly try to work on, because I a...

"Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shi...

This Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, we will hear the story of the Tower of Babel and the gift of the Holy Spirit to the apostles, resulting in th...

With General Convention coming up, the topic of the Anglican Covenant is on everyone's minds, it seems. Even though the Church of Englan...

There has been some interesting discussion while I have been away about the demise of Church, especially the flavor known as Episcopal, arou...

For those who have been wondering, I have spent the last month immersed in preparing my students for their advanced placement exam, dealing ...

Love Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers I ache from the perfumes of spring.    I have forgotten your face, I no ...

"So Joshua made a covenant with the people at Shechem, committing them to follow the decrees and regulations of the LORD. Joshua record...

 For the parents of daughters A Prayer for My Daughter Once more the storm is howling, and half hid  ...

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! The LORD is risen, indeed! Alleluia! As we now enter the magnificent season of Easter, I seek to contemplat...

One of the biggest, omnipresent questions that linger over our lives as Christians is to try to answer the question of why good people suffe...

Pietà I hunted heaven for him. No dice. Too uppity, it was. Not enough music, o...

The incredibly sad and outrageous story about the killing of Trayvon Martin continues to reverberate throughout the country-- as well it sh...

Sermon on John 12: 20-33 5 Lent, Year B March 25, 2012 Jeremiah 31: 27-24 Psalm 51: 1-12 Hebrews 5:1-10 John 12: 20-36 (C...