Beloved in Christ: One of the hardest things for a priest to do is to cancel a worship service. Even though it makes all kinds of sense to follow the weather warnings and Department of Transportation advice, it goes against my very nature to have to cancel the Ashes

Beloved in Christ: On February 6, Bishop Craig Loya wrote, in part, the following note to the people of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota: “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you

Beloved in Christ: It could have been my hip or my knee - common areas of complaint from an active lifestyle after many years - but it is my thumb. Yes, I have been felled by intensely painful arthritis in my left hand and thumb. I am far from

Beloved in Christ: This Sunday is the annual meeting of the congregation of Calvary. As we have done for a few years now, we will have only one service, at 10:30, and we will surround our business meeting with our Liturgy of the Word and Sacrament - the readings

Beloved in Christ: Happy New Year - I pray for a healthy, safe, and productive new year for you all. Most of all, I pray for a new year wherein we all take up the work of compassion, justice, grace, and love once again. And that God gives us

Beloved in Christ: Calvary's loving and fun fellowship was on full display this past weekend; the kitchen humming with children baking and decorating cookies, and over 90 people staying after church to enjoy a delicious taco lunch, buy cookies from those baking kids, decorate the tree in Brackenridge Hall