Mission Is Who We Are

Like a large family gathered around a bounteous autumn table keeping the peace by not telling the truth, many of us heard more truth la...

As a young priest (yes, young is something I really once was), I once brought a youth group to work at the soup kitchen at Holy Apostles ...

As you well know by now, this week’s gospel reading (Mt. 25:31-46), the parable of the sheep and goats, is particularly important to me.  ...

It’s not uncommon to see someone holding a sign in Times Square with a rather disturbing warning:  “The End is Near.”  It’s enough to cau...

Some books you read in order to know something.  I recently read a book by Larry Sabato called the Kennedy Half Century.  Dr. Sabato is ...

Jesus asked the Pharisees a clever question.  “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?”  The Pharisees knew the obvious answe...

When you’re a bishop you get a lot of interesting mail.  Some of it is angry.  Some of it is humorous.  Some of it is angry and unintenti...