Episcopal

  • A Way Forward

           There is not much else I enjoy in this world as much as I love a good story. I love to be drawn in and the rise and fall of a narrative; I love when stories are predictable, and… Continue reading

    A Way Forward
  • A Trampled Sabbath

           In Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life, one can find some of the best life advice there is, but within the framework of a non-fiction exploration of writing. Dillard is a master at blending poetry and prose as she dances… Continue reading

    A Trampled Sabbath
  • Sustaining Hope

    There are some places in this world that invite one to ponder and to consider things that they had never given time to before, and over the last ten weeks of my Sabbatical, my life has been full of them.… Continue reading

  • Again.

    In the midst of life we are in death;from whom can we seek help?From you alone, O Lord,who by our sins are justly angered. Holy God, Holy and Mighty,Holy and merciful Savior,deliver us not into the bitterness of eternal death.… Continue reading

  • The Listening Pilgrim

    No one comes to any of life’s journeys in a vacuum; we come carrying all the burdens that life has laid upon us. We do not come to any pilgrimage devoid of the ways in which our journey has shaped… Continue reading

    The Listening Pilgrim
  • The Camino Begins!

    Bags are packed, and I fly out tomorrow morning!! I pray that these wise words from someone in the youth group will sustain me on this long journey. Continue reading

  • Beginning to End

           My favorite part of any good book is where you hold the bulk of the story in your left hand, with only a few in your right yet to be read. I love the feeling of familiarity that comes… Continue reading

    Beginning to End
  • What does it mean?

    Recently, our Senior Warden, Shawn Rhodes, asked the congregation to think about what Christ Church means to them. It was an exercise that he did in preparing his short words about why his family gives financially to our church for… Continue reading

    What does it mean?
  • Baptized for the Boring

    Like many of my stories, this one is set in a hospital in West Texas, it was a day before I hit a snag in my ordination process, and a patient, not three years older than me at the time… Continue reading

    Baptized for the Boring
  • Blessings and Curses

    The blank screen comes to life and suddenly you’re faced with the round face of a kid dressed in a suit and tie; the dark suit and red tie stand out against the green chalkboard background. “I think we all… Continue reading

    Blessings and Curses