Mary Magdalene: Be Present and Share the Good News
If Mary Magdalene is anything, she is present.
Saints
Macrina and Big Siblings in Faith
“Will you not put an end,” she asked, “to your failure to recognise the good things which come from God?”
The Feast of Saint Benedict: The Rule of Thirds
I discovered a love for photography at an early age. My mom gave me her old Konica 35mm sometime in high school.
The Partnership of Priscilla and Aquila
In one of the premarital counseling sessions with my wife, the therapist asked us about gender roles in our relationship.
Peter and Paul, Black Lives and Gentile Lives
Black Lives Matter. Saint Peter and Saint Paul disagreed on much, but this, this, they agreed on: black lives matter. Let’s circle back here in a moment.
Barnabas: Child of Encouragement
Have you ever felt like you were the sidekick to a bigger, more outstanding personality?
Saint Columba, the Ascetic Life, and Black Lives
Years ago, I helped lead a youth group to Iona, Scotland for a pilgrimage. I remember thinking how great of a gift it was, to travel there in the first place, but also to be celebrating the Eucharist in a chapel at Iona, as well as on its shores.
Desert Mother, Patriarchy Destroyer
Two and a half weeks ago I had no idea who Melania the Elder was. (Hint: The Patriarchy)
Saint Dunstan and The Crown
The best scene of the best episode of Netflix’s “The Crown” is Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in “Smoke and Mirrors” (the fifth episode of the first season).
Martyrs of the Sudans and Small Incarnations
When I was in high school, we moved to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, which had a long-term companion relationship with the Episcopal Church of Sudan.