In Luke's Gospel, we find a story generally referred to as the feeding of the 5000 (Luke 10:9-17). In that story, we read: The day was...

The stories that are told in sacred texts are not meant to be factual, historical accounts of something that happened once upon a time. ...

When we encounter a story in a sacred text, we are not meant to read that story as information.   Rather, we are meant to engage with the...

Recently, I learned that my journey of almost 40 years with The Episcopal Church is coming to a conclusion.  After 4 years of suspended...

In Ourselves, in the Church, in our Nation I have long considered the story that is told through the Gospel reading on the First Sunday...

Today is Pentecost, the day on which we remember the giving of the Holy Spirit to the apostolic community and, through them, to the...

The crucifixion of Jesus is exactly what it looks like: a monstrous display of human evil. Not a working out of God's will. Not part of...

Maundy Thursday -- the Thursday in Holy Week -- is dedicated to remembering the last supper of Jesus with his disciples. It is this...

The traditional liturgy for Wednesday in Holy Week is Tenebrae, a name that comes from the Latin meaning shadow or darkness.    While it...

I arrived today at the monastery of the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just around the corner from where...

This Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.   Ash Wednesday, as it is known, gets its name from the Western Christian...

YOUR FORGIVENESS Yesterday's boy is gone Driving through darkness searching for Your forgiveness In sorrow a beautiful song Lives in the...

In this season when we are invited in the Christian tradition to meditate on the meaning of incarnation, I find myself reflecting on the...

Christmas is many things.  For some, it is a celebration of family and friends.  For others, it is a time of loneliness.  For some, it...

In the Jewish tradition we find the idea of tikkun olam which is usually translated as "repairing the world." The term is quite...

It has been about 10 months now since I began living on my own, my former wife and I having made the decision to go our separate ways...

The figure of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the most powerful images in the Christian tradition. If Jesus is the image of a human...

“So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” ~ Mark 11:24 There is a great...

While some people crave the experience of being out of control, I think most people like the idea of being in control. Most people like...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is...