Opinion

Emily F. Rowe May 1, 2021

On May 13th, the 40th day after Easter, the church will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. In the revised common lectionary, this ...

Allison Billard April 1, 2021

Why is it that children are so much better behaved for everyone besides their parents? And why can they be so kind to others and ...

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner April 1, 2021

It is the custom in many of our churches to have a renewal of the baptismal covenant at Easter, particularly if we hold the Easter ...

Ronald Clarke, Melanie Clarke April 1, 2021

When my children were small, and we had recently moved to St. John’s, our family became members of the church of St. Mary the Virgin ...

Matthew Townsend April 1, 2021

Back in 2016, on the eve of our marriage, Kate and I considered where we might take a honeymoon. We lived in Rochester, New York, ...

Archdeacon Gerald Westcott April 1, 2021

Living life, even on a good day, is hard. Suffering is a non-negotiable component of the human condition. Too many people spend too much of ...

The Rev'd Jonathan Rowe April 1, 2021

At the end of February, I caught a cold. I didn’t have a cough or a fever, but I had a runny nose and felt ...

The Rt. Rev'd Samuel Rose April 1, 2021

No, I’m not referring to the Rock N’ Roll band, although there is a rock, and it does roll. I’m speaking about Mark’s Gospel, chapter ...

The Rev’d James Spencer April 1, 2021

That is a question I have had come up in Bible study several times, and it is always fascinating to hear the debate around the ...

Emily F. Rowe April 1, 2021

The title for this column is hardly original; it’s a phrase that has been used for a long time, often quoted from the Roman writer ...