Category: Blog
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Friends in Town
Dear friends, Emma, April, and Taylor were in town last weekend. They visited Holy Trinity Cathedral and that’s where we met to have dinner after. We were joined by the retired Choir Director, Bob. Here are Taylor and Bob walking across the Van Ness with an aging hipster (R-L). April is taking the photo somewhat…
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How did this happen?
The True Story of how I ended up Byzantine Catholic.
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Long Liturgy
Why do we think liturgy is too long?
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Not Victoria’s Sandwich
How to make a new kind of sponge sandwich. Only at Pascha time, though.
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Egyptian Choices
What changes between when Joseph goes down to Egypt and when Israel comes out? Or, more importantly, what changes while Joseph is still there?
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Becoming God’s Friends
The writer recounts his experience at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, sharing his deep devotion to the Eucharist and the transformative impact it had on his vocational walk. He reflects on the significance of giving communion by name, consuming remainders, and baking bread, emphasizing his belief in the Real Presence of Christ.
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A New Name
A short vlog on changing my domain.
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The Grey Fox Tho
From an old dream journal (15 Aug 2008). Was living in Buffalo at the time. I had a curious dream last night: the first night I slept without either cold medication or sleeping assistance all week. It was the sort of dream that plays in one long story line – even though I woke up…
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When does the Passion start?
Today in our Julian Calendar parish, the Feast of the Annunciation coincided with the Sunday of the Holy Cross. This sparked this meditation on “When does the passion start?”
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Knowing God
On the Second Sunday of Lent we commemorate St Gregory Palamas. This is treated as a second Sunday of Orthodoxy, a reclarification of the Faith.
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Crocheting Mandalas
I made two of these crocheted circles in ’91 or ’92 while sitting in a very long, very boring staff meeting at 815 2nd Avenue in New York. There was a group of us that did needlework in the back row during staff meetings. The Presiding Bishop once commented that he knew he had made…
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Forgiveness
I’m working on a reflection for next Sunday. A pattern dawns on me – seeing patterns is a thing I do… I think it’s Spectrum Work… anyway – linking the Themes of Lent and Prelent seems to make for fruitful meditation. Here’s one for today, Forgiveness Sunday, linked with Last Sunday, the Sunday of the…
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Life Happens
When we were kids, it seemed to my brother and I, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, that the waves came in sets of three: two normal ones and then a huge one. Three sets of three would end in a gigantic one. This childhood sense was not unique to us: various mythologies speak of…
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Psalms as Liturgy
The Daily Office – that is the daily recitation of the 150 biblical poems known as The Psalms of David – has been an important part of my devotion life since I joined the Episcopal Church in 1980 or ’81. The parish priest at Grace Church, Father (now the Rev’d Canon) John Osgood, was an…
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Flashback Friday
Here are some pictures from July 7, 2002, and one from Pascha, 2003. I rescued them from the Internet Archive. Everyone’s very young here.
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