Forward Day By Day – November 5, 2020

Thursday, November 5, 2020

From the Archives: December 1, 1955Let us think today of one great truth: People have learned to live together. Sometimes the lesson has been poorly learned; sometimes, there have been wars on a large scale and strife on a small scale. But m….(View this reading...

Forward Day By Day – November 4, 2020

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Ours is a God who planted the islands, birthed the sea, and filled the deep with huge sea monsters—all for the sport of it. If God has taken such pleasure in fashioning all living things, imagine the pleasure God must have taken—and continues to take—in you and...

Forward Day By Day – November 3, 2020

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

For those of you reading this in the United States, today is Election Day. By tonight we will know who the president will be for the next four years. No matter where you place yourself on the political spectrum, this will be a momentous day.What better time to be...

Forward Day By Day – November 2, 2020

Monday, November 2, 2020

Christians have relied on symbols as long as we have existed. A fish for believers, a key for Peter, a book and a sword for Paul, a lamb draped over Agnes’s arm. We know martyrs by the palm branches they clutch. Palms are an ancient symbol of victory and carry the...

Forward Day By Day – November 1, 2020

Sunday, November 1, 2020

The day I went to the local tailor to be measured for my first cassock was like an introduction into a secret world. The workshop was full of obscure articles of clerical haberdashery, most much fancier than the simple black wool cassock I was seeking. I marveled at...

Forward Day By Day – October 31, 2020

Saturday, October 31, 2020

I still remember the night we learned our grandson had cancer. The phone call woke us sometime after midnight. Our son was in tears, still at the hospital, barely able to speak the words, much less absorb their impact.Fear and trembling overcame all of us in the weeks...

Message to the Diocese Following Hurricane Zeta

Friday, October 30, 2020

To my brothers and sisters in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, I pray that this message finds you well. Hurricane Zeta brought devastating winds to our diocese particularly in the Greater New Orleans area. I am grateful we were spared from rising waters but the...

Forward Day By Day – October 30, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

When I graduated from college, I thought I wanted to become a college professor. I took two years off and taught English in South Korea. I learned a lot about the teaching profession—including that I do not like giving grades.I didn’t mind grading papers, noting what...

Forward Day By Day – October 29, 2020

Thursday, October 29, 2020

From the Archives: November 2, 1955To know that the power behind the universe, the Lord of Creation, cares for us so much that he will suffer for us, and that he has put all his power in pledge to win and redeem us—that is the source of our abiding joy…..(View...