No Time to Think
OK. I admit it. I didn’t always pay attention in chapel. Sometimes the quality of light through the windows caught my eye. Sometimes I found myself pondering the kindergartners in the front... Read More »
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Praying on the Past Year
In her characteristic way of making theology accessible, the writer Anne Lamott identifies three types of prayer: Help! Thanks! and Wow! Each one of us, no doubt, can recall times when we have asked... Read More »
Rooted in Values, Open to New Traditions
Earlier this year, some high school students at Grace Church School in New York City were asked about their hopes for the future of Grace Church School. One answered, “Rooted in values but open... Read More »
Captive Audiences
As many times as I have seen it, I never ceased to be in awe of it: a church, a chapel, a room full of students, taking up virtually every space to be found, gathering for school chapel, sometimes... Read More »
May Energy
I was lucky to visit All Saints’ Episcopal Day School in Phoenix, Arizona this past week while the spring art show was on display. As I entered the art studio, I noticed a simple, hand-painted... Read More »
Be the Compass
Perhaps it was no coincidence that, as Holy Week approached, David Brooks’ April 8 Op-Ed piece “What Suffering Does” immediately shot to the top of the New York Times’... Read More »
Getting a Spiritual Life: Beyond the Chaplain’s Position Description
I recently received an inquiry from a school (not an Episcopal school, I should add!) regarding an opening the school has for a chaplaincy position. Like many such inquiries, this one was fueled by... Read More »
A Chaplain Reflects on Ash Wednesday
Like many aspects of a school chaplain’s day, the students and teachers see us at our best and at our worst. With all our limitations and quirks, and hopefully in our steady presence and caring... Read More »
The Human Imperative of Episcopal Education
The following comments are taken from a keynote address at the 1st Annual St. James Forum, “Episcopal Schools: Touching Hearts, Empowering Lives” held on February 22 at St. James School... Read More »
Watch Those Metaphors!
I seem to harbor a fascination with the words and metaphors we use so frequently in our contemporary discourse. For example, within the context of a three minute conversation on a local National... Read More »