I am posting this short reflection with an invitation to take a few minutes to listen to where we are as a community. To help us all regather ourselves in this fall, I am inviting us all to "come back to church" not just in the sense of the building...
Dear People of Grace, I am writing to share exciting news with you about children and youth ministries at Grace. As we celebrate Cheryl Kelley and give thanks for her enormous contribution to our life, we also give thanks for new opportunities for growth and formation in the community. Don’t...
From July 8 through July 11, it was my privilege to serve a second term as First Alternate Clergy Deputy at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. This year we met in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Convention Center two blocks from the Orioles Baseball Stadium. Our hotel was...
Dear People of Grace, I am writing to let you know that Cheryl Kelley will be leaving her position as Director of Christian Formation at Grace to begin work with Georgia Legal Services. Of course this is bittersweet for us all, even as we can immediately see how Cheryl’s enormous...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7QK2cXtr8k The crimson cordMay the pain of the world touchmy soul. It will not stay–I cannot hold onto it–but in a moment of contact: the powerof a storm in a butterfly’s wing.There is only one pain, sharedbetween all that breathes and lives:The deep wisdom only whispered, the keythat unlocks all...
Dear People of Grace, I didn’t know what had happened yesterday in Texas until I walked in the house and sat down to catch my breath after a long day. When Lisa came home from school, she silently shook her head and we gave each other a hug. This has...
We are living in uncertain times, to be sure, and we want to do what we can to offer a pastoral presence to the community. Cynthia worked to put together a very useful gathering of resources that are prayerful, pastoral, and practical, looking at how we consciously engage our circumstances....
Stay well and have a Lent full of Godly surprises. That is how a dear colleague ended an email to me on Tuesday. I have not had the chance to visit with her in a long time, and suddenly she appeared in a dream I had Monday night. In the...
Given that the recorded percent positive test rate for Hall County has reached 10%, we have reached the marker we laid out as our target for making adjustments to the mask protocol with worship and gathering indoors. As of this point, masks will be optional for groups gathering indoors. As...
I was thinking last week about how much I always look forward to Lent. Something in me really needs an extra nudge from time to time to either nurture a healthy habit or let a distracting one go. I know I’m the only one, but sometimes, I just need to...