June 8, 2022 Beloved in Christ: A very blessed Trinity Sunday to you all.  In our tradition, Trinity Sunday always follows Pentecost, and then we enter into the longer church season called Ordinary Time that holds the stores of Jesus’ pilgrimage through his life, this year from the point of

June 1, 2022 Beloved in Christ: This past winter, when the war started in Ukraine, I learned of an outreach and prayer project at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, TN. This church is in bustling downtown Chattanooga, and they built a prayer wall that offered a chance for passersby

May 25, 2022 Beloved in Christ: Today I was going to write to you about the joy of the end of a school year, our pride and love for our high school seniors, and the longed for relief of entering into the rhythms of summer in all areas of our

May 11, 2022 Beloved in Christ: The Holy Spirit is working among us, stirring up our curiosity, our creativity, our faith and our hope. I see the signs of this at Calvary and in our neighborhood every day. The Rev. Paul Ehling and I have been talking, wondering, discerning and

May 4, 2022 Beloved in Christ: During the Lenten Wednesday Prayer Series this past winter, we had offerings of different methods of prayer:  Benedictine, Ignatian (the Examen), prayer beads, contemplative prayer, and walking prayer. I presented on the method of walking, or moving prayer and talked a bit about organizing

April 13, 2022 Beloved in Christ: For the first time since 2019, we are gathering in person at Calvary to walk the way of the Cross and to mark the three days - the Triduum - Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services - in our