Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his

Dear Friends, Somehow, we are already at the doorstep to the month of May!  If it weren’t for the warming weather, blooming flowers, and exploding canopy of green leaves overhead,

Dear Friends, Padre Toni and I were away at “Clergy Conference” earlier this week. It’s an annual retreat at the Oregon Gardens Resort with our Bishop and clergy colleagues in

Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away the leaven of malice and

FinishIt is a difficult story to endwhen the end is not an endbut a closing that opensa big door where the big stopperused to be jammed inand the something is

Dear Friends, On Sunday, we turn toward Holy Week. At 9:00, 11:00 and 1:00, we’ll enact the special liturgy for Palm Sunday that begins with the Liturgy of the Palms,

Dear Friends,  We are approaching the final week of our Lenten journey. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday (March 29), leading us along the way with Jesus into the depths

“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me.” Psalm 23:4 In his well-known leadership book Good to

Dear Friends,  This week I am in Charlotte with hundreds of leaders from across The Episcopal Church for the annual Episcopal Parish Network conference. Over the last few years, this

Good Folk of St. Michaels, We have begun in earnest the solemn season of Lent: a time of self-examination, prayer, fasting, self-denial, Scripture study, and almsgiving. It is a time