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Many Voices, One Faith
When the Holy Spirit came down upon the apostles and the church was born, in tongues of flame and words in many languages, the first followers of Jesus learned something about what the body of Christ was supposed to look and sound like. The churc...
Read MoreFrom Affirmation to Invitation
You can imagine how good I felt when Kimayo, a musician and artist from New Hampshire, told me why she wanted to perform at Trinity Cathedral. She said, “I want to be there because Trinity is clearly a sacred place for all people.” She wanted...
Read MoreFrom Death to Life
This week began with the news of yet another mass shooting. Nine dead in a Dallas, Texas suburb, a shocking figure when one considers how many broken hearts, how many lives cut short, the losses to family and community, the bloody emergency rooms...
Read MoreThe Dynamic Journey
“No one ever steps into the same river twice. For it’s not the same river and they are not the same person.”
When the ancient writer Heraclitus wrote this many centuries ago, he was probably not speaking of labyrinths. He was describing ...
Read MoreA Foretaste of Heaven
Worship and liturgy is, at its very best, a foretaste of heaven. Whether the soaring and majestic notes of a cathedral organ or the spirited hymns of a gospel choir, when we gather in spirit and song we aren’t there to “do” something togeth...
Read MoreDecarbonizing Cleveland
This past week, I joined community and civic leaders at Sustainable Cleveland’s decarbonization summit, to learn about the work of environmental sustainability and to connect with those who are doing this important work.
I learned more about...
Read MoreAn Explosion of Joy
Joy is on my mind this Easter season. I’m still running on the momentum of a joyful Easter weekend, of a Saturday evening vigil service that, in its second year, continues to grow as a major event for the cathedral. The Sunday morning Easter se...
Read MoreAn Easter Message From Dean Owens
I’ll tell a little secret of ministry: we don’t write our easter sermons on the day of resurrection itself. That would be great, of course, to journey through the emotional rollercoaster and loss of Holy Week and then to sit beside the tomb a...
Read MoreMiriam's Cup
Each year the American Jewish Committee here in Cleveland hosts an interfaith seder, where leaders from faith communities throughout the area gather to celebrate the story of liberation from slavery. Though shared through the unique lens of the J...
Read MoreLights, Camera...
Do you have your film festival tickets this week? The 47th Cleveland International Film Festival has begun, and I’ve got my schedule lined up. As many of you know I worked in film production for a few years before going to divinity school, so ...
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