Good Friday
When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
General
Ministry Spotlight: FOMOS
MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT is an addition to our Announcements, Blog, and Facebook page. Please feel free to contact me about a ministry you are involved in. Remember ministries are not only through the Cathedral. You may be sharing your spiritual gifts with ministries outside the Cathedral, (such as Hands Up Food Pantry or Uptown Faith). To … READ MORE…
Quote of the day: why I love the Episcopal Church
Tasked to describe why he loves the church, a priest writes (do go read the whole reflection), I came to the Episcopal Church not because I wanted something easy or something light but because I found something heavy – something dense with promise and potential. I love the Episcopal Church because it offers a place … READ MORE…
Family Service!
You should be sure to come to the monthly family service some time– lots of music, singing and dancing, Godly play, home made bread, and space for kids to be, well, kids! Here are a few photographs from last night’s service. Here’s a slideshow for the whole set, or go to this link. And you can … READ MORE…
Simpler Living: A Different Lenten Discipline
Simpler Living Tip #17 from Phil Petrie Lent is a season when we think about giving up things, not to punish ourselves, but to deepen our relationship to God. The underlying idea here is that it is pretty easy for our appetites to get out of whack—for habits to become addictions—and I think all of … READ MORE…
Chapter report from the People’s Warden
As the People’s Warden of St. Paul’s Cathedral, I am on the Cathedral’s Chapter (Board of Directors, if you will) which primarily oversees the finances as well as the buildings and grounds of the Cathedral. I also serve on the Endowment and Finance Committees. Yet as the People’s Warden, I envision myself primarily as representing … READ MORE…
Hungry for Lent?
Sisters and Brothers, We live in a community where nearly one in six people are unsure whether they’ll have enough to eat each day. How can that be?What would it look like to love our hungry neighbors as ourselves this Lent? There are no easy answers. Diving deeply into Lent’s holy disciplines of prayer, fasting, … READ MORE…
A Spirit Joyously Loose in the World
I first met Benedict Reid in the ‘70s and was immediately impressed by the abiding sense of peace projected by this deeply spiritual man. An excellent listener, he always saw different ways to approach an issue, and he had a wonderful sense of humor. I was delighted recently to find this Benedictine monk now living … READ MORE…
Bare Ruined Choirs
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. (from Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare.) The recent membership campaign on PBS clearly targeted the 70-something demographic as it aired multiple concerts consisting of folk singers, quartets, and bands from the 1950s and 1960s. Moving from actual films of those musical people half a century ago, … READ MORE…