
"he humbled himself"
One of the major pieces of advice that a priest receives about the first year in a new parish is, “Don’t make too many changes.” In...

...the Fragrance filled the room
All of the Gospels tell a story of a woman anointing Jesus. Matthew and Mark are very similar. They both identify the event taking place...

This son of yours...
This story that we know so well, that we feel we could recite from memory, is badly named. It would be better known as the parable of the...

Deus, Deus meus
O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren and dry land where there is...

Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Our readings today are very confusing. It’s hard to find anything about them that link them together so that we may find meaning in them....

A Wandering Aramean
This last week I stumbled across a posting on Facebook by a congregation from the Disciples of Christ, Bixby Knolls Christian Church. My...

Radiant Luminosity
A friend from seminary had as his Facebook cover photo a picture of himself seated in the quire of Christ Church Oxford. In the picture...