Pastoral Letter: November 09, 2021
November 9, 2021 Thank you, thank you, thank you for the generous gift of time you just gave me! I am back at home and church following a wonderful pre-Sabbatical month
Continue readingNovember 9, 2021 Thank you, thank you, thank you for the generous gift of time you just gave me! I am back at home and church following a wonderful pre-Sabbatical month
Continue readingSeptember 27, 2021 Dear ECOT Parish Family and many friends, I write to share timely updates about the next month and the road ahead for our beloved ECOT. Following a
Continue readingMay 26, 2021 Dear ECOT Parish Family and many friends, We are pleased to announce major steps in returning to full Sunday worship beginning this Sunday, May 30th!!
Continue readingNo Lenten devotional would be complete without visiting the pioneering, foundational Twelve Steps of the personal recovery movement. The theological influence immediately evident derives from an Episcopal priest, Father Sam
Continue readingLots of “Re’s” in our world right now….rebuild, reframe, refocus, to name a few. It is undoubtedly a season of recovery. I’m finding it helpful to look towards experts in
Continue readingDear readers, in this penultimate daily devotional, we close our Epiphanytide season. We also step through a major liminal threshold as we pass from the Advent/Incarnation/Epiphany focus of our Christian
Continue readingHappy Last Sunday of Epiphany ya’ll! Seriously, that’s the official prayer book designation for today! By tradition we close Epiphanytide with the greatest Epiphanic moment of Jesus’ ministry short of
Continue readingIt has been my honor to introduce you to many varied Christian personages throughout these reflections and devotionals, many you already know at least by reputation. It is my honor
Continue readingLate last year I saw a friend in the Homestead Court Club weight room. As he was leaving I said casually, “Take care. See you back soon!” His reply? “No,
Continue readingAll Saints enjoys some spectacular hymnody! Two of my favorites are I Sing a Song of the Saints of God and For All the Saints. Lesbia Lesley Scott (1898-1986)
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