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Progress continues on our restroom renovation. Demolition is complete, and we are moving along quickly. Things are on schedule to complete the project by the end of October, unless special orders for tile hold us up a little. Upstairs will be two accessible, gender neutral restrrooms behind that temporary wall Framing for the new bathrooms … READ MORE…
Dear Philemon, You might be wondering where your servant, named Useful, has got to. Well, he’s been with me, taking care of me in jail, and now I’m sending him back to you, even though he has indeed been very useful to me. You’re probably pretty annoyed with him for disappearing – and the law … READ MORE…
You may know Robert Frost’s poem The Tuft of Flowers, but if you don’t, I commend it to you. The scene is a hay field in the late morning when the speaker has gone to turn the newly mown hay. The mower, having been there at dawn to complete his work, has gone his way. … READ MORE…
You may have heard by now that y’all are sending Laurel and me somewhere new — at the end of September the Cathedral is sending us to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in North Park two and a half miles away. The Bishop had something to do with this new thing — as did Dean Penny … READ MORE…
I want to register a complaint. Someone has tampered with my Bible. Just look at this Gospel reading: these verses don’t describe the Jesus I like to imagine, gentle Jesus meek and mild, who came to bring love and unity, to heal all wounds and to teach us from his limitless store of patience and … READ MORE…
The unused stairway, viewed from the Great Hall level Everyone agrees that the restrooms in the Great Hall have needed work for some time. Peeling paint and crumbling tile is not the worst of it; the fixtures are very old, and they have been a source of frustration to many. At last, the Great Hall … READ MORE…
During the quiet summer months, the Chapter and staff of St. Paul’s Cathedral are busy at work managing the complex, varied and interconnected aspects of Cathedral life. While Chapter meetings are often full of vibrant discussion and clarification, the August meeting this past Tuesday is truly worthy of an Olympic Gold medal! The staff, regular … READ MORE…
Before I was a parish priest I served a children’s hospital as a chaplain. It was a rich experience and I was honored to be invited in to some of the most sacred moments of people’s lives. I got to see both the best and the worst of humanity working in my capacity at the … READ MORE…
What do the following things have in common? The church calendar. A speech at the Republican National Convention. Chapel chairs. The Lord’s Prayer in Spanish. The weather. Dvorak’s String Quartet number 11. The office hours for the veterinarian. The hospitalization of a cathedral member. They are all thoughts that scampered through my head during my … READ MORE…
Summer may be here, but the Cathedral’s board of directors, or Chapter, continues to meet. People’s Warden Elizabeth Carey was traveling at the time of the July 5 Chapter meeting, so I volunteered to provide the update this month. Bishop Mathes joined us for dinner, prayer, and the first hour of our formal meeting, and … READ MORE…