Sarah Josepha Buell Hale’s Unprecedented Gratitude
Our family likes to celebrate and decorate for just about every holiday.
Saints
Sharing Good News in Times of Hardship: The Feast of Saint Mark
Gilded chapels and stained glass light have been the setting of my past reflections on the feast day of Saint Mark the Evangelist. But this year, there is COVID-19. It seems that nothing is left untouched by the pandemic.
Saint George’s complicated memory
On this day, the Episcopal Church remembers Saint George, and I take some comfort in the complexity of his remembrance in Christian memory.
Trading Snake Driving for Cat Herding
You might notice that people around you are in clashing shades of green, pinching priests who forgot a green accessory,
Perpetua’s Challenge to Rethink Adulthood
When did you become an adult? Was there a moment, an inbreath as a child followed by a grownup outbreath?
The Contemplative and Courageous Bishop David of Wales
One of the reasons I love celebrating minor saint commemorations is that doing so gives our family the opportunities to talk about heroes of our faith and the history and geography of the Christian Church.
Of letting someone else care and pray for you: an Ode to Emily Malbone Morgan
“My greatest desire,” Emily Malbone Morgan wrote, “has always been to make tired people rested and happy.”
A Saint for the Back Row Dancer
Our faithfulness is not a reality show to be won, but rather transformation for God and glory to God alone.
The Scholl siblings’ faithful courage to do what’s right
The story of Hans and Sophie Scholl is a powerful story of faith and courage.
And right the day must win.
I used to live on Quintard Road. It’s named for Charles T. Quintard, one of the patron saints of Sewanee, Tennessee.