Dear friends, “Socially distanced, but spiritually connected.” Those of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s words, but I think they are a good description of how we are as church right now. Even though the pews were empty yesterday, I still felt a...
What a week it has been as we have all adjusted to a world we never dreamed of. I appreciate those of you who have tuned in to participate in Compline at 8 every evening (M-F). Several of you have asked about Maisie, aka the Devil Cat, and when she will make another...
Well, our first foray into worship online did not go exactly as I planned. Maisie the attack cat made an unexpected appearance and pretty much stole the show. One of my favorite writers Anne Lamott calls laughter “carbonated holiness.” Maybe we all needed...
Dear friends, I have a request to make. I saw a photo on Facebook last night that took my breath away. A Catholic priest whose church has moved to online worship asked his parishioners to email him pictures of themselves. He then printed them out and taped them on the...
Dear friends, Forty years ago today I boarded a plane in Atlanta to set off on one of the great adventures of my life, three years in Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer. Yesterday the Peace Corps announced all volunteers from 60 countries will be evacuated and...
St. Dunstan’s has a bold initiative for Lent – to raise money to forgive $5 million in oppressive medical debt for Atlanta families. We are working in partnership with Rest in Peace Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that purchases bundles of medical debt...
Dear friends, Yesterday in church I said that this service may very well be the last time we gather together in person for worship. Today I have made the difficult decision that we will indeed suspend in-person worship for the foreseeable future. The CDC has...
“You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”1 Peter 2:5 Dear friends, Today we received word from Bishop Wright that although he is not...