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A Personal Message of Joy, to Several Constituencies
No comments on A Personal Message of Joy, to Several ConstituenciesIn which your scribe celebrates the gift of a new job.
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Giving Thanks for Our Country and Those Who Defend It
Stay safe, Son, as you return from your final deployment and rejoin your bride and stepson.
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A Bishop, a Rabbi and an Imam Appear on “Morning Joe,” Advocating Peace
Yesterday Bishop Beckwith and his interfaith colleagues, Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Imam Deen Shareef, were guests on “Morning Joe.”
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Celebrating Ten Years of Father Bernie Poppe’s Ministry in Maplewood
Ten years ago this week, the Rev. Bernard W. Poppe led his first service as Rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church. I still remember how he started his first sermon.
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Happy Birthday America!
Inspired by the Episcopal Collect for Independence Day, I’m grateful for the patriots who lit the torch of freedom for nations then unborn, and for the troops (and one sailor in particular) who sacrifice to…
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No Going Back: Reflections on Gay Pride 2012
I was struck, in a very positive way, by the pervasiveness of corporate sponsorship: Coca-Cola, Macy’s, Delta Airlines, AT&T, Citigroup, Target and New York Life. The buy-in from the titans of commerce testifies to the…
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Gay Rights Pioneer Preaches Forgiveness at St. George’s Church
Louie Crew: “We know full well that we did not choose our biological families, but we can, and must, choose as family those whom we respect and those who treat us with respect.”
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Religious Liberty Clashes With Reproductive Rights in Contraceptive Mandate
It’s become clear I was mistaken in believing nobody is “pro-abortion.” I was utterly appalled when a prominent priest in my own Episcopal denomination proclaimed that “abortion is a blessing” — under every circumstance. The…
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Brush With Greatness: Episcopalian Edition
I teamed up with the Web Goddess on Sunday to produce a web report published today on a visit to a Jersey City parish by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The occasion was…
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A Bishop, a Rabbi and an Imam Walked Into a Room a Few Miles from Ground Zero…
The service bulletin thoughtfully provided an English translation of the call to prayer, which begins and ends with “Allahu Akbar.” Tragically, that phrase is associated in my mind with the hatred and anger of too…