Tag Archives: Art

Ascension

A sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension), Year A Prepared for Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA Lectionary Readings Between my days as a college professor and my evenings as a seminary student, I … Continue reading

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Proximal Artistry

Today was a well-deserved day away from work and school.  My daughter and I are both on Spring Break this week, something that doesn’t always coincide on our academic schedules.  But, this year our days off overlap, so we have … Continue reading

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healing, before we ask

Meditation for Proper 16, Year C   Luke 13:10-17 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was … Continue reading

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saints

I’ve been thinking about “saints” a great deal this week, and saints have been finding me.  Although I only get to the West Coast a few times a year, my great joy is worshipping surrounded by the dancing saints of … Continue reading

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Closing Up

Today, we close an amazing week of camp. Campers have changed and grown, and I have too. Here is the Gospel text (from the Common for Artists and Writers) and my homily from closing worship for campers and their families. … Continue reading

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Advent Word: Become

Whenever I hear someone ask a child, “what to do want to be when you grow up?” I cringe. It’s not that I have any aversion to exploring career options. It’s that the question presumes there is a singular answer…a … Continue reading

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Advent Word: Imagine

When I commit to daily writing…as I do during advent and lent…I go out on a limb and have faith that time will find me to write.  Tonight, it would seem that time has found me in the 11th hour … Continue reading

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Peace, part 3 (co-creation)

Today’s piece of art on the online advent calendar for my faith community is a co-created work that began in my solitude and was completed in community with the members of St. Thomas who gathered that day as I told … Continue reading

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Virtual Advent Calendar

Welcome to Advent..a season to reflect, to prepare to welcome, and to make room for the divine inspiration that is already incarnate and waiting to emerge in each one of us. Thanks to the many artistic and creative members of … Continue reading

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Last Trip to Lilydale

This is an “archive” story that I wrote several years ago, reflecting back to the last days of summer during a time of transition in my life. I write often these days on my blog about my current expressions of … Continue reading

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