An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
I suspect that many parishes, priests, and lay persons may not consider spiritual formation as a means of or opportunity for outreach. Instead, parish outreach tends to focus on corporal needs such as hunger, homelessness, poverty, health care, visiting the…
Read More Spiritual Formation – The Missional Challenge and Future of the Church
"Our most important task consists in remaining silent before this great God, silent with our desires as well as with our tongue. He understands only one language, that of silent love." - St. John of the Cross in a letter…
Read More St. John of the Cross on “Our Most Important Task”
Today, December 14, we commemorate St. John of the Cross, a new addition to the Episcopal liturgical calendar. He is probably best known for the term “the dark night of the soul,” which is also the poem in which he…
Read More The Feast of St. John of the Cross – Mystic of the Dark Night
Interrupting the Silence 