Grace  Episcopal Church Blog

My family of ten lived in a small house fifteen miles from the nearest neighbor. And we were, to quote my father, “all chiefs and no...

My father was a man who quietly followed his own path. It’s not surprising, therefore, that he had little patience with others’ need to...

Long ago when I was a campus chaplain at University of Montana, I attended a student meeting to listen to a person invited to speak about...

I was out on the river last night in my little red boat. The paddle upriver was relaxing and lovely, cool in the half light of evening,...

“And Jesus had compassion on them. . .” Jesus, upon hearing that John the Baptist has been killed and his head presented on a platter...

Matthew 13:52 And he (Jesus) said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of...

Spiritual Gifts — from God, for the world, through you Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of...

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and...

I love doing children’s sermons. They are fun and challenging, requiring that I find the essential truth in the scripture stories I tell....

I went out on the river early this morning. It is a beautiful day, and paddling on the river helps me listen to God. While I was there...