by admin | Apr 15, 2026 | The Dean's Corner
When we connect to water, we connect to the sacred. This was true of the earliest Christians: baptism happened not in a convenient font but in the nearest river or stream. To know one’s watershed is to know one’s place. Here in Northeast Ohio, we are keenly aware of...
by admin | Apr 8, 2026 | The Dean's Corner
My aunt once told me a story from her youth group days. This was Emmanuel Parish in Southern Pines in the early 1960s, and the Cold War was in full swing. The discussion topic was this: Imagine that the Soviet Union has launched a nuclear attack on the United States....
by admin | Apr 2, 2026 | The Dean's Corner
It’s tempting, sharing the story once more of the morning of Jesus’ resurrection, to think about the mechanics of all the things that took place on that Sunday morning two thousand years ago. From the movement of the stone to the return of life and breath to Jesus’...
by admin | Mar 26, 2026 | The Dean's Corner
Holy Week begins this Sunday, with Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is a service that holds celebration and joy, as we welcome Jesus with palms and processions, alongside the suffering and heartbreak of the passion gospel, where Jesus takes the painful journey to his own...
by admin | Mar 18, 2026 | The Dean's Corner
The walk to the cross and resurrection is more than just a journey: it’s a pilgrimage. The liturgies of Holy Week are deeply connected with the spiritual practice of pilgrimage. Some of them were first crafted by Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century Bishop who wanted...
by admin | Mar 12, 2026 | The Dean's Corner
“How do we go from a world consumed by the imagination of Pharaoh to a world consumed by the imagination of God?” As rectors and deans from across the Episcopal Church began our time last week with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, that was the question he began with. The...
