night watch
There have been emails recently from the 800 people who sign up for receipt this blog or those who read it occasionally and on Facebook or on the syndicated version…
Sabbath and self-worship
This is an image from Prague. I took the photo walking from my home, into the city the day I was hit by a train. I remember, now, how…
mushrooms
The farmers markets are my favorite place on the planet. And if I were not a Christian, say an atheist or a good, old fashioned pagan, I would consider farmer’s…
Interim Blessing
A friend read this blessing recently, reminding me that John had a blessing for an interim period in his book of blessings and so I pass it along today. It…
waiting
Kneeling, waiting on God can be infuriating. This image from our Te Deum window over the West (actually south but who’s counting) doors of the cathedral is a detail we…
Blessing
"O Sun behind all suns O Soul within all souls grant me the grace of the dawn's glory grant me the strength of the sun's rays that I may be…
Prayer and hot wax
The icon of Saint Anthony of Egypt, the first solitary and the first monastic of the church's recognition Egg tempera on plaster and carved wood, Mount Athos, 2000 The Oratory…