The Fear of Boredom “We pointed to the moon…we went up there and you know what we got? Bored.”i You have to hand it to the American cocktail of...
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The Dean's Corner: Let’s Move our Feet At last Sunday’s Absalom Jones service, our preacher, the Rev. Ronald Byrd, challenged us all to “get loud” and “move our feet” in...
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The Dean's Corner: Absalom Jones Born into slavery in Delaware in 1746, Absalom Jones was an abolitionist and evangelist who would found the first black Episcopal congregation, St. Thomas African...
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The Dean's Corner: Church, State and Growing in Freedom Perhaps it’s fitting that in the same week we officially start the 2020 presidential election campaign – the Iowa Caucuses –...
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The Dean's Corner: Holiness, Witness and Transformation What does it mean to be the people of Trinity Cathedral? What are the threads that run through our whole history, the gifts...
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The Dean's Corner: A New Instrument for Trinity One thing I love about the church, when we are at our best, is that we are not one thing or one...
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The Dean's Corner: Lift Every Voice Lift Every Voice And Sing is a hymn unlike any other. Often referred to as the “Black National Anthem,” the rousing and beautiful song...
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The Dean's Corner: Just One More Thing Sometime ago I read that a new rector or dean is a little like a detective, always asking questions and listening carefully to...
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The Dean's Corner: Exploring and Discovering Blessings and peace to you in these final days of the Christmas season! Now that we’ve lived here for year, we’re starting to get...
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Dean Owens' Christmas Message The imagery of one of my favorite hymns, People Look East, turns us towards the rising sun to welcome the light of Christ. Eleanor Farjeon(who also...
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