It is Ash Wednesday today. Despite the comforting familiarity of the yearly cycle of penitence and fasting, this Ash Wednesday is a little different from all the others we have known. Yes, this day still marks the beginning of our journey through the penitential days of Lent. But let’s be...
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Our Lengthened Lent has now come into clearer focus. The extraordinary has somehow settled into new routines; the gifts of adaptability and resilience with which we have been blessed are coming to the fore, and we are making our way into a...
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Perhaps for the first time in our long history, not one of our churches in Europe will be open for worship this coming Sunday. It is not war that has caused this; it is a virus that is ravaging the planet, causing tremendous worry and great...
My sisters and brothers in Christ, The Third Sunday in Lent this year will be the first Sunday most of us will ever have known of not being able to join in worship with our community in our church. The entire week just past has felt like running on a treadmill at...