Happy St. Luke’s Day! Today is the day we remember the person who, between his Gospel account and the Acts of the Apostles, is responsible for almost one third of the writing in the New Testament (more if we include the Letter to the Hebrews, which some scholars...
Last Saturday, our Vestry gathered for an annual Retreat Day. Bishop Mary Glasspool joined us to lead our morning program, and as an ice-breaker exercise she asked us to create our own version of a poem titled “Where I’m From.” Everyone filled in blanks in a...
On the morning before I sat down to write this, I walked toward the front gate at Holy Apostles and was greeted by one of our Porters, who was eager to tell me about a story he heard on the news. To mark the anniversary of the September 11th attacks, this story...
This Sunday, Holy Apostles will join with churches across the country and all over the world in observing a Season of Creation. The weeks of September have been designated as a time for communities to be intentional in their honoring of God’s creation. The themes for...
This is one of those times in the year when we hear sentences that start with “I can’t believe…” As in, “I can’t believe August is almost over!” or “I can’t believe it’s Labor Day weekend already.” Variations on the theme include questions like “where did the...
