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Small Gestures of Love

"After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake . . ." ...

Flooding the Depths

Beloved in Christ, In the magnificent preface to his book, Faith and Violence, Thomas Merton recounts a story from Rabbi Baal Shem Tov. Two men travel through a forest, one is drunk and the ot...

Where Is Your Baptism?

Beloved in Christ, This Friday is the Feast of Annunciation, when we remember the angel Gabriel’s encounter with Mary announcing she would give birth to the long-awaited Messiah. While it i...

Easter, Even Now

Beloved in Christ, I’m traveling back to Minnesota today after spending the past seven days on retreat with the House of Bishops at Camp McDowell, Alabama. Last week, we visited the Legacy Museum...

Practice Showing Up

Beloved in Christ, Over the next three Sundays in Lent, our gospel readings are from John. They are all long, winding passages, full of contrast and paradox: blindness and sight, darkness and...

Showing Up Honestly

February 28, 2023

Beloved in Christ, On Sunday evening, I attended the Lenten hymn sing hosted by St John’s in Onigum. For many, many years, our Ojibwe congregations have gathered every Sunday evening in Len...

Dust to Dust

February 22, 2023

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Beloved in Christ, I recently came across this article about the role of chocolate in both ancient and contemporary Maya...

Living Together

February 14, 2023

Beloved in Christ, I am currently serving on the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Constitution, Canons, Governance, and Structure. I realize not everyone would find this to be a ri...

An Extraordinary Witness

February 7, 2023

See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them. -Isaiah 42:9 Beloved in Christ, ...

Leaving Everything to Follow Jesus

January 24, 2023

When they had brought their nets to shore, they left everything and followed him. —Luke 5:11 Beloved in Christ, Today the church commemorates Florence Li-Tim Oi, who, in 1944, b...

The White Heat of the Spiritual Life

January 17, 2023

Beloved in Christ, One of my morning spiritual practices is to read a section of the Rule of Benedict with commentary by Sister Joan Chittister in her book The Rule of Benedict: A Spirit...

School for Formation Update

January 14, 2023

Beloved in Christ, At last year’s convention, I spoke about the ways in which the Holy Spirit is calling forth a diverse church ecology in this season of transformation. The future landscape of o...

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