What Is Your Kuleana?
In Hawaiian culture there is a word, kuleana (koo-leh-ah-na). Literally, it means responsibility. As chaplains and teachers in Episcopal schools our kuleana may be to plan and organize chapels, teach... Read More »
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The Thin Places
Whenever I find myself in a sacred space I am somehow changed, conscious as if for the first time of that liminal place between heaven and earth. It doesn’t matter whether I’m with... Read More »
Try Talking to a Stranger: Living the Gospel in a New York City Episcopal School
In his Farewell Address on Tuesday, January 10, President Obama called out Americans to organize for justice and democracy as we enter into a new political era, “Try speaking to a... Read More »
The Holy Places All Around Us
As we move through the Advent season once again, I am reminded that the stories of Jesus’ birth and early ministry mention many specific places. Place is important in these stories, and it... Read More »
Paul’s Letter to the Second through Fifth Grade
Over Thanksgiving Break I went to Richmond, Virginia, where I grew up, to see my parents, my sister and her family, as well as my aunts, uncles, cousins and their children. An interesting thing... Read More »
A Teacher I Once Knew
A masterful middle school English teacher I once knew always began with her students by talking about the kind of classroom community they would create together. We can’t always control the... Read More »
With All the Company of Heaven
Each November, in the wake of All Saints’ Day, I’m reminded that celebrating the saints is a valuable practice for spiritually diverse communities like Episcopal schools. Episcopal... Read More »
Episcopal Schools: Both/And
How do we express our Episcopal identity in our own unique way, as do all Episcopal schools? Our school is a laboratory of sorts in which we have the chance to rejoice together, grieve together,... Read More »
The Chapel Bell
“Do you know what happened to the bell?” I was surprised by how many people asked me that when I became chaplain of St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School. They were asking about the sanctus... Read More »
Confirm Humanity
We’ve all encountered “captchas” online—those wiggly words we re-type to prove that we are not a machine. But recently I encountered wording I had never seen before. It simply... Read More »