The Covid numbers in our area have been slowly climbing over the past few weeks. As of March 23, the positivity rate that we have been tracking (a weighted average of the Hampton and Peninsula Health Districts) stood at Read more
Dear friends,
How will you practice resurrection this Easter? Even in the midst of a pandemic, we as Christians are Easter people, resurrection people—in every season of our lives. One of my favorite lines from our beautiful funeral liturgy Read more
From Hymn 149:
Verse 2So daily dying to the way of self,so daily living to the way of love,We walk the road, Lord Jesus, that you trod,Knowing ourselves baptized into your death:So we are dead and live with Read more
I will be on annual retreat this month (Tuesday the 16th through Saturday the 20th), a discipline I have kept for twenty-three years now on or around the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood (March 20). While not Read more
Dear Friends,
With all of you, I am so thankful that the Covid infection numbers in our area are falling and that more and more people are getting vaccinated (although I know that registering for a vaccine is still Read more
I have never been a good passenger. As a carsick child, I sat beside Dad in the front seat on long trips while Mom and Clarke were relegated to the back. Once I got my driver’s license, I insisted Read more
From hymn 135:
Manifest on mountain height, shining in resplendent light,Where disciples filled with awe thy transfigured glory saw.When from there thou leddest them steadfast to Jerusalem,Cross and Easter Day attest God in man made manifest.
The church year Read more
Believe it or not, Lent is just around the corner. Ash Wednesday is February 17, only a few weeks away. The staff and I have been hard at work planning for the start of the Lenten season Read more
So here is the first of my annual appeals to give Lent its proper due. We usually think of Lent as kind of a gloomy penitential time when we’re begrudgingly obligated to give something up that we like – Read more
Late last year, my friend Laura’s dog was hit by a car. Laura and her husband Jon rushed their beloved pet to an emergency vet even though they could see that she wasn’t going to make it. Read more
