This homily is given only once a year. The one Sunday a year when I am asked to speak about Giving. Giving of time, talent and treasure. Thank you for listening to this message. Thank you for being a part of our parish family. It’s been the blessing of a lifetime for me to serve…
Homily for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 10, 2021 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, on the occasion of the The Right Rev. Porter Taylor’s episcopal visitation to the parish to celebrate Baptism & Confirmation. The man thought he knew all there was to know about religion. He spent years studying the Torah. Every day he…
Stress can bring out the best, worst, or most creative in us. At age 42, I thought I had myself figured out. I thought I already knew how I responded to stress. When it came to big school projects or tests, or now when I have important work deadlines, I tend to procrastinate to the…
This week I went to visit my mom at Goodwin House, Bailey’s Crossroads. My mother is 91 years old and very functional, both somatically and socially, but she has no short term memory. She has lived on the 3rd floor Assisted Living unit for the past five years. My mom has experienced decline, certainly, as she…
“A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step”. Chinese proverb attributed to Lao Tzu “A journey of self-discovery begins with a single step…but so does…
A few years ago, I posted this message on Facebook: “I am not a cat person. I am thinking of getting a cat.” Well, truth be told I had not ever been much of an animal person, or at least so I thought. Bailey, my youngest son’s half-Collie-half-Golden Retriever, lived out the last of his…
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Last spring, I had a unique experience taking part in a “virtual” choir performance as a member of the Alexandria Choral Society. I must admit, the idea of weekly choir rehearsals via Zoom along with a virtual choral performance at the end of it (with 3 young kids running amuck in the background!) sounded daunting to…
This third poetic entry to The Artist Within series is by 11 year old Quinn Peacock Brush, a budding and gifted creative writer. Quinn is a sixth-grader at the Denver School of the Arts. Composed as a class assignment, Quinn’s poem is inspired by one of the same name by one of her favorite poets…
The theme of God’s people struggling to survive in a sophisticated, alien culture appears all throughout the Bible, especially in the Old Testament. This theme is central to the Book of Esther, which supplies today’s first reading. Today is the only Sunday in our three-year cycle of readings when we hear from this book. That’s…
My mother was an artist by profession, proficient in oils, watercolors, pen and ink, pastels, metalwork, sculpture, and flower arrangement. Not excelling in any of these as I grew up, I never considered myself particularly creative. The summer after I graduated from college, I prepared to travel through Europe with friends: my first trip overseas!…
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