“What a joy walking is. And to walk with old friends multiplies the pleasure a hundredfold.” — Bill Bryson, author and Chancellor of Durham University (2005-2011), in The Road to Little Dribbling (2015)
It was a morning of walking for some of us, as we climbed aboard our two buses and headed for Housesteads Fort at Hadrian’s
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So, what is a choral residency anyway?
Nobody we have met on this trip, outside the choir world, seems to know what it is, so I thought that might be a good place to start.
Eric and I have explained to folks who ask about it like this: choirs, mostly from the United States, are
“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
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
Greetings from the (not too) distant shores of Sabbaticalland! I’m thrilled to be sending you the great news that Wesley Rowell will be joining the Calvary staff on June 29 as our Minister for Congregational Care.
Wesley has just completed a year of Anglican Studies at Virginia Theological Seminary, following three years at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received his Master of
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
After Pentecost Sunday in June, I’ll begin a sabbatical and return to Calvary on August 31. After eight years of ministry together, which have included concerted efforts such as navigating a global pandemic and completing a building campaign together, there seems to be wisdom in a sabbatical pause. There is wisdom in giving Calvary a space to be the
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
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