If you want to know what is important to a child, just listen to his or her prayers. At least that is the case during our weekly community Eucharist shared by students and faculty in Grades... Read More »
Most of us will sit through at least one graduation this May or June. After the ceremony, faculty and parents will do as they have always done—they will wonder how this day could have come so... Read More »
This fall, our school brought communion back. Breck is a large, co-ed independent Episcopal school in Minneapolis. Although lots of Episcopal schools include the Eucharist as an integral part of... Read More »
I recently happened across Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire, a PBS program that explores the interaction between humans and horticulture, particularly our power to transform plants to our... Read More »
Approaching Good Friday, I could not help but remember the response that Bishop John T. Walker, onetime Bishop of Washington, gave to students and parents at the Cathedral schools when they expressed... Read More »
The days leading up to the recent Congressional vote on the health care reform bill were emotionally charged. Advocates and opponents made last ditch efforts to state their views and sway opinions.... Read More »
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31 I was privileged to attend the NAES Heads’ Retreat on February 23 and 24 in San Francisco for two days of... Read More »
St. Andre’s Episcopal Church and School, Hinche, Haiti, Easter Eve, 1999. The first fire at Easter is being kindled in the dark at the back of the church, and it truly is dark, as the town... Read More »
From February 4-6, over fifty chaplains and teachers of religion gathered at Virginia Theological Seminary for the 2010 ChapToR conference. Amidst the ever-falling snow, we reflected together on the... Read More »
On the evening of the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6, 2010), I had a very strange and telling experience in church! The service had begun, at the church I was attending that evening, and the priest... Read More »