by admin | Apr 24, 2025 | The Dean's Corner
Dear Friends, After church this Sunday I’ll begin a three-month sabbatical. I am so grateful to you and to the leadership of Trinity Cathedral for creating the space of rest and renewal. I will share a bit of my hopes for sabbatical – and post-sabbatical – at the...
by admin | Apr 19, 2025 | The Dean's Corner
In John’s gospel, each of Jesus’ friends look into the empty tomb and sees something different. Peter and the beloved disciple look in and see neatly-rolled linens. Mary Magdalene sees two angels sitting where Jesus’ body had been lain, but even she doesn’t see them...
by admin | Apr 17, 2025 | The Dean's Corner
Years before Martin Scorsese’s controversial The Last Temptation of Christ or Mel Gibson’s gory The Passion of the Christ there was, for me at least, the 6-hour Jesus of Nazareth miniseries. I admit, I don’t remember much of it, other than...
by admin | Apr 10, 2025 | The Dean's Corner
Always, we begin again. This Sunday, we begin Holy Week with the joy and heartbreak of Palm Sunday. Throughout the week we will continue our journey with Jesus through a narrative that will unfold with Tenebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the Great Vigil of Easter,...
by admin | Apr 3, 2025 | The Dean's Corner
When a teenager shot and killed another at the Shaker Heights library this week, my family was buffered by privilege, but not by distance. As it happens, I had driven by the library about the time of the shooting, en route to a pastoral visit, and then learned of it...
by admin | Mar 27, 2025 | The Dean's Corner
Last fall, our vestry noted that Trinity is at an important inflection point, as our ministries expand and enthusiasm for our shared Cathedral ministry is growing. The energy on Sunday mornings is growing. Our community partnerships are expanding. The response toward...
