Light in Freedom
“Two lights brighten our world. One is provided by the Sun, but another answers to it–the light of the eye. Only through their entwining do we see; lacking either, we […]
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A New Foundation
Some weeks ago there was yet another mass shooting. Robert Bowers murdered 11 souls at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. He was then found and taken to the hospital. […]
Let us learn from the trees
Just as the sun was rising the other morning, I stepped out onto our deck here at the church to fill my lungs with fresh air. The previous last couple […]
Who is Like God?
A Path Through the Michaelmas Readings September 29 is the festival of the Archangel Michael. On this day and in the four weeks that follow we hear in the seasonal […]
Creating Altars, Becoming Priests
Our sacred service, our practice here of communing with the divine, it all centers around the altar. Not only is the altar the very place where we offer ourselves to […]
Good for what ails ya!
That’s right, summer youth conference has come at last… And it’s right around the corner: August 20 – 27 in Hillsdale, New York. Join Hugh Thornton, Liza Marcato and Nils […]
Gold that lasts the whole year through
What IS it? the parents and friends ask, that makes this camp so special? What is it that goes so deep into the children’s hearts? The most concise and truthful […]
St. John’s call to conscience
The earth is a living organism, a living breathing being. It breathes in two magnificent rhythms of the year, beginning with an out-breath at Christmas time, reaching up toward the […]
Outer Works, Inner Deeds
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—‘Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, […]
Three Gifts of the Trinity
The Earth has sometimes been compared to a spaceship, a machine hurling through the black void of outer space. In this scientific vision, space is stunningly cold and inimical to […]