We are deep into Lent. The scriptures become more penitential, the Gospel readings become longer and multi-faceted, and with all happening in the world, even in church we can feel like we’re carrying a lot. The traditions and seasons of the greater church do recognize this, and This Sunday is Laetare Sunday, the Lenten equivalent of Gaudete Sunday in Advent – both are Refreshment Sundays, meant to give a break from denials or fasting and the somberness that accompany penit

Let me first say that The Rev. Spencer Hatcher, Director of the Barbara Harris Camp and Conference Center, will be our preacher on Sunday, and will also provide a forum at 9:00 a.m. on the Camp and Conference Center and all the benefits that it provides to the Diocese. After the 10 am service, at Coffee Hour, the Wardens and Vestry, in their kindness, would like to briefly appreciate Trinity's staff. Those who wish can then proceed to the Chapel, where we will conduct a sh

Beloved of God, As I travel around the diocese worshiping and meeting with members of our diocesan community, I continue to hear questions from people about how to respond faithfully to this time of mendacity, state-sanctioned violence, and the erosion of democracy in our country. The Gospel calls Christians to follow the example of Jesus, who taught us to love each other, to choose peace over violence, to welcome the stranger, and to confront injustice directly. Jesus al

It was probably in the fall of 1979 that Pat Gration turned to me and suggested that I take acting classes. Pat was a professional actor and the spouse of Eric, the rector of the church in which I grew up. She and I were in a radio show that the church had set up. We were in one room on a mic while parishioners were in another listening on an old time radio. I think I played “boy.” Her interest in me and the reflection back to me of what she thought led to years of involvemen

Here we are in the last week of Epiphany, and next week we will gather in the evening for Shrove Tuesday dinner, and then burn the palms, and say farewell to including the Alleluias in our prayers until the Easter Vigil. The Daily Office comprises Morning Prayer, Noonday Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline. The Invitatory Psalm, one of the opening portions of Morning Prayer, includes an Antiphon appropriate to the season, that is said before and after the Invitatory Psal