The Dean's Corner
The Cost of Great Love
When Jesus says to Peter and the disciples that they must take up their cross and follow him, he was saying that speaking truth, and living faithfully for others, often comes at great cost.
In his weekly blog , Dean Andrew McGowan of Berkele...
Read MoreEssential Tools For Connection
Let’s turn our phones and tablets into powerful tools for building our faith community!
I am old enough to remember phone books, spiral-bound church directories, and even things like kitchen phones that you clutched between shoulder and e...
Read MoreNext Steps in The Battle for Democracy
When Khalilah Worley of Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) joined me for last Sunday’s Dean’s Forum, she shared something striking: even as GCC has had great success on particular issues, the tide of voter disengagement in Northeast Ohio ...
Read MoreThe Battle for Democracy
As Americans and people of faith, we hold sacred our right to vote. Our democratic values call us not only to honor each person’s perspective and voice, but to work harder to make sure that all voices – including those historically marginal...
Read MoreA Season of Belovedness & Renewal
Trinity Cathedral is at an exciting crossroads. From growing attendance to new programs and increased giving, we’re emerging from the pandemic fueled by a renewed spirit and several years of sustained growth. We have done foundational work, fro...
Read MoreHouse Bill 68 - Response from the Dean
As a Cathedral Church that passionately affirms the belovedness of every human being, that we are each created in the image of God, and that our dignity cannot be taken away from us, Trinity Cathedral is opposed to government action that would li...
Read MoreThe Gift of the Eleven
I cannot imagine ministry without the leadership of women. I have been raised up by women who are priests, I have served alongside women who celebrated Eucharist and I have been blessed (literally) by women fulfilling their ministry as bishops in...
Read MoreGather, Transform, Send
Archbishop William Temple referred to the church as "the only institution that exist for people who are not its members.” This is true, but the paradox is that the more faithful we are about how we gather as a community, the more effective we...
Read MoreDoing Our Work
Let’s do the work.
A coalition of churches in my previous hometown created an ongoing antiracism program they called “Doing our Work.” Churches from across the community gathered for shared formation, then at other times the predominant...
Read MoreThe Work of the People
It takes about 200 people to lead our Cathedral’s Sunday morning worship, from choir members to clergy, ushers and acolytes, and everyone else who pitches once or twice (or four times) a month. That may seem like an inflated number, until we si...
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