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by Wesley Rowell

 

“Hi, my name is Wesley and I’m a news junkie.”

 

I don’t know exactly when my need toknowtook over my life. Maybe it crept in slowly, an extra headline here, a breaking update there; until one day I found myself startled awake by a New York Times notification, curled up next to my beloved iPhone like it was

Hydrangeas and Hope 

by the Rev. Katherine Bush

 

There’s a lot that’s not helpful floating around my social media feeds, but not too long ago, Roseanne Cash just about reached through the screen and preached straight into my heart.

First of all, don’t you love it when Jane Austen and Roseanne Cash

Walking by the Welcome Inn at Lunchtime

by Nathan Brasfield, Director of Youth and Community Ministries

 

One of the reasons I am glad to be an Episcopalian is that I am given liturgical space every week to participate in the Eucharist and to consider what it means for me on any given day. Theologians who think about this sort of thing at length have termed how

Lessons from the Pandemic

by the Rev. Paul McLain

 

During Lent five years ago, our lives and world were jarred in ways we may not yet comprehend. Five years may be too soon to grasp how the COVID-19 pandemic has made us a changed people. We may never fully understand the subtle and not-so-subtle ways our lives have been transformed by what we went

Make This Place Beautiful

by Nathan Brasfield, Director of Youth and Community Ministries

 

About fifteen minutes before the start of Youth Formation this past Sunday morning, I was alone in the new High School room on the fourth floor, unwrapping a new ottoman that had been delivered. From the few pieces laid out on the floor, I assumed that the only steps needed

Trout Files, Vinegar Vats, Stair Treads, & Dave

by the Rev. Scott Walters

 

Four years ago, almost to the day, I blogged HERE (Is “blog” still a verb in 2025?) about the day I learned to hang a door. The person who taught me was my one-time boss, a carpenter/contractor named Dave Lillich. This weekend, Ardelle and I will be away from Calvary because

What are you doing here?

by Jackson Hearn, Associate Organist

 

I was sitting in the nave at church this past Tuesday during that period we call “Silence in the City,” when I heard the story of Elijah meeting God. You’ve probably heard the story from 1 Kings – Elijah is told to go stand on the mountain, for the Lord is about to pass by.

“I didn’t know how much I needed this”

by the Rev. Katherine Bush

 

Can we keep talking about the renovations at Calvary, or are you a little tired of construction updates? How about the response to the renovations? As I write this, my shoulders are still sore from moving couches into place as part of a blizzard of activity over the last few days, and I

Who is Marcus Borg?

by the Rev. Mimsy Jones

 

‘Who is Marcus Borg?I asked my Calvary colleague, the Rev. Gay Rahn, as we looked over the list of Lenten Preaching Series (LPS) preachers for 1999.  “He’s a leading theologian in historical Jesus scholarship,” she said. “It’s a real coup that he’s coming to Calvary; don’t miss him.”

 

Given Gay’s strong

From Dungeons to Dignity

by the Rev. Paul McLain

 

‘I have given you as a covenant to the people,
a light to the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.’ (Isaiah 42:6b-7)

 

One day, I got a call from Mark, the volunteer coordinator for the jail at 201 Poplar. He asked me