January 4, 2023 Beloved in Christ:On Epiphany Sunday, 2020, I climbed a tall ladder and wrote some numbers and letters over the door that leads from the nave into the ambulatory at Calvary, as the congregation participated with me in the Chalking of the Door liturgy. Ever since then, the

December 21, 2022 Beloved in Christ: I have no greater wish or prayer for you in these last days before the Feast of the Incarnation, than that you and your loved ones find time for peace, memory-making, and joy. The weather on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is not going

December 7, 2022 Beloved in Christ: The Calvary Prayer Wall was taken down and cleaned and stored in preparation for its return in the spring. Its location on the southeast corner of Calvary's block is the perfect place to offer prayer opportunities to hundreds of people who walk on our

November 21, 2022 Beloved in Christ: As we enter into Advent, I offer you this poem from author Ann Weems[1]. “The Coming of God” Our God is the One who comes to us in a burning bush, in an angel’s song, in a newborn child. Our God is the One

November 9, 2022 Beloved in Christ: I am delighted to report that we have hired our next Director of Children’s and Youth Formation! This part time position was empty throughout most of the past two years and we are so blessed that Michelle McKean has said “Yes” to our offer

October 27, 2022 Beloved in Christ: "'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." This assurance of God, found in Revelation 1:8, and other quotes like this, are often read in our funeral liturgy. This