The Dean's Corner
Lights, 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 ...
Read MoreDo You Want to be Well?
It’s time to stop using the word Love . We should also stop using the phrases beloved community and racial reconciliation as well, it turns out. This is what we heard last week at the Episcopal Parish Network (formerly the Consortium of En...
Read MoreThe Imprint of the Divine
This past weekend my father visited to see his grandchildren’s school plays. This got him reflecting on plays he’d seen over the years, including plays at his all-male high school in New York City. He recalled one friend who’d played Opheli...
Read MoreThe Imprint of the Divine
This past weekend my father visited to see his grandchildren’s school plays. This got him reflecting on plays he’d seen over the years, including plays at his all-male high school in New York City. He recalled one friend who’d played Opheli...
Read MoreMystery and Transcendence
What if each Sunday, rather than gathering to sing and pray and bask in the mystery of the liturgy, we merely sat down to talk about God? Setting aside the songs and the silence, what if we simply expounded on theology and debated the finer poi...
Read MoreNo Shortcuts in the Desert
I’ve watched a lot of superhero movies in the past few years, so I know a little of what the devil was going for when tempting Jesus in the desert. This Sunday we step into the season of Lent with the gospel story of Jesus in the desert, when...
Read MoreMake a Plan for Lent
Sometimes spiritual growth happens best with a little bit of preparation, and Lent can be a rich season of spiritual growth. It helps to be reminded a few days before Ash Wednesday that the season is upon us so that each of us can ask some import...
Read MoreA Weekend of Celebration
This weekend we will celebrate the movement of the Holy Spirit and the gift of ministry, not once but twice!
On Saturday, we’ll celebrate the lives and ministry of the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris and the Rev. Absalom Jones at 11 a.m., in part...
Read MoreA Month to Learn, and Celebrate
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his disciples that they are the salt of the earth. We’ve heard you are the salt of the earth before: in our culture we think of that as a kind of grounded goodness. Yet Jesus meant something more by th...
Read MoreLay Down Your Sword
Lay down your sword, the Savior said; He healed the wounded with his word. Wisdom is more than weapons of war. Lay down your sword, the Savior said. With another two major mass shootings in the past week, both in California, the painf...
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