Mission Is Who We Are

There is a Muslim legend about the psalm appointed for this week (24:7-10).  According to it, during the days is in which Jesus lay in th...

The epistle for next Sunday (1 Cor. 12:12-31a) is a beautiful passage about our importance to one another.  It is fundamentally about l...

 I return today from a pilgrimage to Haiti.  A group of American Episcopalians has been visiting the church in Haiti since last Tuesday...

With the end of the Christmas season and the passing of Epiphany, we move from the birth of Jesus to the first appearance of Jesus as...

We like to think of Christmas as a magical time of the year.  That is particularly true for those of us in New York, where the season lea...

I learned growing up that there were certain “magic words,” by which my mother did not mean hocus pocus.  She meant please and thank yo...

The ministry of John the Baptist, according to Luke, is explained by the prophet Isaiah.  We know the words from the soaring melodies of ...