Real gratitude is a spiritual practice. It is impossible to be alone or simply “the boss” when we allow ourselves to be filled with the spirit of thanksgiving. To be grateful for material and spiritual blessings is a start. In a month of weeks full of bad news, this is...
Our Muslim sisters and brothers are halfway through their Ramadan observance now. This movable feast doesn’t always fall during summertime, but fasting from before sunrise to after sunset is obviously most difficult this time of year in our latitude because the nights are so short. As a spiritual practice this...
The Feast of Pentecost which we celebrate on Sunday, June 4, this year, is a traditional time for ordinations. This major feast of the Church celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit. It is traditional in many parishes to celebrate by wearing red, and by reading the lesson from Acts in many...
Thursday, May 25, 2017, is Ascension Day. This is an ancient observance, kept by the whole church since its early days, even as local variations developed in different countries. Here is a poem on the subject by Malcolm Guite, the poet-priest and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. He writes: “the mystery...
On Tuesday evening at Forum, the Search Committee of the Cathedral asked for our prayers. This is the week when they are receiving and reviewing the applications for the position of our next Dean and Rector. So it’s a good time for a “tune up” of our prayer skills. This...
Every January, the Social Service Society collects socks to hand out at the End-of-the-month Lunch, which now serves some 240 men and women nine months of the year. January is the toughest one, coming after Christmas, which, while tough enough for many folks, also sees the distribution of some extra goodies...
CHRISTMAS CARD By Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O. (1915-1968) When the white stars talk together like sisters And when the winter hills Raise their grand semblance in the freezing night, Somewhere one window Bleeds like the brown eye of an open force. Hills, stars. White stars that...
The protests at Standing Rock have reached a critical point since early November, when Canadian Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald joined some 500 clergy from across North America in North Dakota to support those who are attempting to block construction of the oil pipeline across the Missouri River and across tribal lands...
Advent Sunday ushers in, for Christians, a time of growing anticipation. And while it might seem “godly” to eschew the commercial holiday madness, preparing a place for generosity … tokens of love for our near ones, and, yes, gifts far beyond ourselves too… is an honest part of this season....
This week as a spiritual practice and in solidarity with our parish, church, and wider community during Pride Week, we invite you to explore Jesus In Love, a blog and website that “specializes in art that is too queer for religious groups and too religious for LGBT organizations.” You might begin...
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“God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” (I John 4:6b) In this article from the Guardian, John Rusberger, an editor who is an irregular church goer, tells Mark Vernon how he regularly plays the piano. This leads Vernon to ponder music...