The last time I was at St. Aidan’s was back in Advent, in person, in your beautiful new nave, which I admit feels like a lifetime ago. From Advent we went through Christmas, and Epiphany, and then into Lent which became the longest, Lent-iest Lent ever when we all went into quarantine and physical distancing. […]
One of my favorite scenes in the entire Bible is today’s scene of the Ascension from Acts. To set the scene… We’ve got the disciples who not very long before witnessed Jesus’ death on the cross, then he appearing to the disciples in his resurrected form. Here in Acts is one of those appearances. They […]
A while back, I met a woman who had Multiple Myeloma and a teenage daughter. Cherie went through many exploratory treatments for her cancer, but each time, the cancer came back. Facing the end of her life with grace and courage, she shared on facebook some things she was doing to help her daughter remember […]
United Thank Offering and Bexley Seabury United Thank Offering and Bexley Seabury have created a conference around the Theology of Gratitude. Registration is open and free. I am presenting on A Theology of Gratitude for Rising Generations at 1:45. Please register and join us! Hope to see y’all online!
From April 15 – May 15, 1874, a group of 30 artists exhibited their new paintings outside the traditional French Salon, where all respectable artists exhibited their work. By all stretches of the imagination, this little exhibition was a bust. No one took their art seriously, and the art critics were particularly harsh. These artists […]
The Joint Conference of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature met in San Diego November 23-26, 2019. One of the first sessions held was an exploratory session entitled The Future of Anglican Studies. The goal of the session was to begin to think both deeply and broadly about the direction of […]
I work with youth and young adult ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. That means I get to spend a lot of time at Camp Allen helping run events for youth and young adults there, and I walk alongside youth and young adult ministers as they do the work they do, and sometimes I […]
In 1885, France was working on a gift to the United States. It was to represent the Roman Goddess of Freedom to help the US celebrate their centennial. But there was a problem: The Statue of Liberty had no pedestal. It had no base to be delivered on top of. So… Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of […]
Episcopal Diocese of Texas 2019 Clergy Conference Workshop Image credit: https://jasondorsey.com/about-generations/generations-birth-years/
Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of the Center for Biblical Equality Dr. Haddad gave a lecture in conjunction with Fuller Theological Seminary Texas on May 7 entitled “The #metoo Movement and the Church.” I drew heavily on CBE’s work for my master’s thesis, so I jumped at the opportunity to hear a (s)hero speak. Dr. Haddad’s […]