Beloved in Christ: Ready or not ready, Christmas is here. I wish for each of you a peaceful, joyful Christmastide. May God open your heart to hope. May God open your heart to peace and to wholeness. For Emmanuel, God with us, Jesus Christ, was born into our world

Beloved in Christ: A blessed, joyful, and safe Thanksgiving to you all. Immediately after turkey and gravy this year, we enter into the season of Advent, the beginning of the new church year, and a time of invitation to rest, quiet, meditation, and spiritual disciplines as we prepare ourselves,

Beloved in Christ: A gathering of important moments of "church business": Last week, I joined with many of our southeastern Episcopal clergy, along with friends, members, and neighbors of the Church of the Redeemer in Cannon Falls, where Bishop Craig Loya led us in a service of deconsecration of

Beloved in Christ: Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. November has arrived, and along with the arrival of truly beautiful fall weather and the first forecast of "some snowflakes mixed with rain," wood fires, and the planning for Thanksgiving travel and food, comes the arrival of

Beloved in Christ: For many years, the liturgy for All Saints' Day has been one of the most meaningful services of the year for me. I like to move the liturgy to the first Sunday of November, so that the whole gathered community can take part, and also because

Beloved in Christ: We have some awesome news! Building Restoration Corporation has finished its months-long work of tuckpointing/repointing our building. From top to bottom, from every side, our building, beginning with the original church building that was built in 1862 and continuing with all of the additions over the