Last Wednesday morning I was enjoying an excellent conference of ordained Episcopal women, when I received a text from my son Sam. “Shooter on UCLA campus now. I’m OK in a locked room.” I shared the terrifying message with our conference leaders, and 60 women stopped what they were doing to pray for all involved. … READ MORE…
“Then you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord; the god who answers by fire is indeed God.” God answered me by fire last week during a conference in New York for young, progressive Christian ministers. As we got to know each other and began … READ MORE…
I am thankful today for the presence of Dr Moseley who will doubtless explain the mystery of the Trinity at the forum, allowing me to reflect on Trinitarian implications of our life at the cathedral. I have a special fondness for threefold concepts, so I suppose I am just an innate Trinitarian. Our baptism service … READ MORE…
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? E.M. Forster This quote from author E.M. Forster is one I remember every Pentecost. Because really, what good is this day of Pentecost if we don’t let it get into our lives, … READ MORE…
Water, water everywhere … Did you notice that water is a feature of three of our Scripture readings this morning? How fortuitous that we are celebrating Creation Care Sunday today with a special focus in our forum on oceans, and our lectionary hands us the opportunity to meditate in our worship on water. In the … READ MORE…
Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. Jesus’ love for his disciples includes everything from the most menial, earthy act of footwashing to the grandest self-sacrifice of laying down his life. So if we actually think about it, this is no quaint, small, sentimental thing he is … READ MORE…
Last week, as you may know, I traveled to Pennsylvania to attend the annual conference of cathedral deans of North America in Erie, the seat of the diocese of North Western PA. On my way I stayed overnight with an old friend in Philadelphia. Clare is the priest who got me thinking, nearly 24 years … READ MORE…
Easter 3C, April 10, 2016 St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego John 21:1-19 You’ve all heard this joke – don’t moan, yes, I’m opening with a joke. It’s the one where the man is in the midst of a flood, and so as the waters started to rise near his home he began praying to God … READ MORE…
Come Holy Spirit: Touch our minds and think with them, touch our lips and speak with them and touch our hearts and set them on fire with love for you. AMEN. I. In college, I was trained as a mathematician. I was particularly drawn to the mysteries of the unknown and unseen. My last year … READ MORE…
Alleluia, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia! This is a night unlike any other night. The Exsultet, that Martin sang so beautifully, gives it poetic expression: This is the night when God brought our ancestors out of bondage. This is the night when all who believe … READ MORE…