Dear Friends, Each year we begin the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday with a service of Holy Communion and the receiving of ashes applied to our foreheads in the sign of the cross. The words of invitation in our Book of Common Worship invite us by saying: “We begin...

Long before I came to the USA, I enjoyed watching American Football on a British TV channel. Just the highlights and some analysis were enough to satisfy my appetite. Then, in the fall of 2018, I was baptized into the local culture of football mania with various shows to feast...

Dear Friends, Earth Day, which was on April 22nd, was in my sights a few weeks ago but I had no definite plans about what to do or how to observe it. And although a friend kindly gave me some flower seeds to sow in the garden, the big day...

Dear Friends, In my former parishes there was an abundance of shepherds who worked on the nearby farms. These were a hardy breed of individuals whose devotion to their sheep was remarkable. Just as the seasons rolled around, there was also the lambing season from late winter into spring, trimming...

Dear Friends, “Today is the first day of spring!” My neighbor reminded me, as we chatted when we met on our morning walks. A lovely thought even if the weather is still a little unpredictable. But hopefully, the deep winter chill is mostly behind us. Somebody told me it was...

“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”      Mark Twain Dear Friends, Perhaps you remember when you began to ask about your ‘why’. I was in my teens, but it took me into my twenties to find the...

Dear Friends, This week, I was feeling a bit stiff and achy, as the odd joint is beginning to creak, so I decided to go for a swim to help loosen off. The pool was fairly busy, due to half of it was taken up, almost turning what was meant...

Dear Friends, As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, it is reassuring at least to know that our Lord Jesus remained faithful to God’s bias for the poor. In the Old Testament, God encouraged kindness towards strangers and widows in the land (e.g. Ruth’s story). And this...

Dear Friends, Where do you come from? I don’t mean New Jersey, or New York? But where did your ancestors sail from to get to the USA? Did they come via a southern or northern border, or perhaps the Caribbean? Or like me, were you and your forebears more recent...

Dear Friends,I’m sure that you may have heard that our childhood years play a huge part in influencing us. The reason this thought comes to mind is the presence of music and musicals from stage and screen and the effect they have had on me in my life and ministry....