Do Not Be Afraid

Jesus says he won't leave us orphaned. But some weeks, that promise is held by faith alone. A reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

The building faces the street for a reason. A church that exists only for the people inside it has forgotten what it is for.

Stephen is about to die. He knows it. The stones are already in people's hands. And he looks up, and someone is standing. That is a claim about the nature of God

When we gather around the Eucharist table every Sunday, we are continuing a practice that was, from its very beginning, a political act.

Jesus the gentle shepherd, leading his flock. It's Good Shepherd Sunday, and we know exactly what to expect. Except this year I kept reading.

The Baptismal Covenant — those five questions asked at every baptism in the Episcopal Church, is the most demanding document most of us have ever agreed to

Every Sunday we pray a collect. A structure so carefully designed that it has been teaching people how to pray for over a thousand years.

The tomb was empty. Nobody has ever been able to explain it. And everything that follows — flows from that one inconvenient, impossible, world-altering fact.

The tomb is empty. They couldn't stop it then. They cannot stop it now.