Happy New Year Well, sort of. This is a double issue of the Wayfarer, so the next time I write one of these articles it will be for February. So this is my last article before the calendar year starts …
Read More
Who are the Ministers of the Church? “The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests, and deacons.” At least, that is how the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer answers that question (Click download for more)
St. James Reboot It is premature to declare the pandemic “over.” As of this morning, two states have enacted “crisis standards of care,” which in effect ration hospital care to those deemed most likely to live. In many parts of …
Read More
Ordinary Time The season after Pentecost is often referred to as “ordinary time.” This is less about being normal and more (download for more)
New Words One of the hallmarks of seminary, at least my experience of seminary, is learning new words. I already had a pretty broad vocabulary when I got to Sewanee because of my background (Download PDF for more)
Celebrating in June Even when I was teaching in a classroom, I didn’t really get excited about June. I loved teaching, and the school was air conditioned. When I first started out teaching, my house only had a very old …
Read More
Things are Happening Exciting things are going to be going on at St. James’ in the coming months. Even though we tend to think of summer as somehow “slower,” that has never been very correct. There are always things going …
Read More
Holy Week and Easter 2021 This year, Holy Week will cover the transition from March to April. Palm Sunday is on March 28 and Maundy Thursday is April 1. This year our services will be a bit more “normal” than …
Read More
Thawing Out We are one-sixth of the way through 2021 and between COVID quarantine and winter weather, it hardly feels like it has started at all. And yet here we are in Lent and Holy Week will be starting – …
Read More
Views from the Plague House As I write this, I am on day eight of my Covid-19 adventure. Since testing positive on the 15th, I have taken all kinds of pills and received an intravenous dose of monoclonal antibodies.
