April 30, 2017St. George’s Day EvensongSt. Paul’s CathedralMatthew 10: 16-22 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. This is always quite a day. A bit of a parade, Banners, bag pipes, … READ MORE…
‘There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. Beneath him, under all his limbs and his huge coiled tail, and about him on all sides stretching away across the unseen floors, lay countless piles of precious … READ MORE…
One of my earliest childhood memories is of taking family vacations in southern Austria. We always stayed in the same little town on the Worthersee lake, a place where my father had been one of the liberating Allied troops at the end of World War 2 and where he was always welcomed back as a … READ MORE…
The Dragon awaits the parade, skewered by a sword Look closely at the gravity-defying thurible! Multiple images of St George Hard working children carry the dragon Verger Almira shepherds the choir Verger Stephanie leads the flagbearers Loose canons? Cathedral Canon Christine and Diocesan Canon Howard Last but not least, Head Verger Lisa, Bishop’s Chaplain Roger, … READ MORE…
The Rev. Canon Andrew Rank shares with us: Leave it to Louie Crew, a retired professor from Rutgers and founder of Integrity, the LGBT organization of the Episcopal Church, that things aren’t always as they seem. This posting of his on Facebook page tells us something about good old St. George that probably few of … READ MORE…
Sunday evening at Evensong, I was installed (sort of sounds like a kitchen appliance) as a verger at St. Paul’s Cathedral. I am deeply honored at being asked to join this august group of worker bees who keep the services humming at the cathedral. The ceremony promised to be brief during which I switched from … READ MORE…
