I don’t know what made me pick up my book of icons this morning. I have been deep in thought, sent to new places in my heart by the news that a friend has re...

”What do I know of You who spoke me into motion? Where have I even stood, but the shore along your ocean? Are you fire? Are you fury? Are you sacred? Are you...

I needed a little extra meditation time this morning, so at the halfway point on my walk I stood in the beach, watching the waves and listening to them crash...

I love when low tide coincides with my morning walk, as it did today. It tempts me off the path, into rocky coves and crevasses, where I lose track of time a...

A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Gra...

“My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning.” (Psalm 130:5) I feel like we are waiting, but we are not sure for what. It’s an odd feeling...

Today we remember the annunciation - when God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary with the message that she would bear God's own child into the world. Gabriel cam...

Almost every morning, I walk along the shore. There is a well-marked, and well-trodden, path. and there is this place where the trail has been closed and a n...

By the rivers of Babylon - there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For there our captors aske...

One of the things we promise in our Baptismal Covenant (Book of Common Prayer, p 304) is to "continue in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaki...

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love ...

Today is the feast of the Epiphany, when we celebrate the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, remembering the wise ones who followed the star to find Je...

Mark 15:40-47 There were also women looking on from a distance; among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Sa...

Today is the Feast of St. Mary. At the end of September, I will join in ministry with the people of St. Mary's by the Sea as their Rector. I began my journey...

“As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were ta...

I had the privilege of leading the people of St. Margaret's, Woodbridge, VA in worship this morning. One thing I love about being a supply priest (no permane...

This sculpture by Margaret Adams Parker is at Virginia Theological Seminary. It is Mary, pregnant with Jesus, and her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John th...

When you're not working, a day of rest can seem unnecessary or even decadent. But Sabbath is not just for the body; it is for the mind and the spirit. Sabbat...

The second Sunday of Easter - time for "doubting" Thomas. Normally, I like to use this story to focus on the peace of Jesus, on the fact that Thomas only wan...