Weekly Articles
Christmas Poetry
By Mother Rebecca Merry Christmas! I hope you are, as I am, still basking in the light of the Christ child following our marvelous Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. These twelve days of Christmas are among the
Hallelujah
By Father CaseyA few weeks before Christmas back in 2010, the 80-person choir in Niagara Falls gave a performance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. This wouldn’t be all that noteworthy – Messiah is sung by countless
Christmas Magic
By Mother Maddie Before my family fell in love with church, we fell in love with the ballet. Our home was often full of Russian ballet dancers and choreographers whose bodies and minds seemed to accomplish the impossible.
Waiting is the Hardest Part
By Father CaseyIn honor of Advent, I’ve been spending more time reading the prophets this December and less time reading the news. Sometimes we need to look up from our immediate reality to see the distant horizon toward
Climbing the Mountain
By Father Casey I love to hike. It has always been a source of joy, and some of the most important times of my personal and spiritual growth have happened on trails. I hiked 1,100 miles of the
Thanksgiving – “Balm for Our Soul”
By Father Casey Although popular lore features Pilgrims and Native Americans sharing a harvest feast at Plymouth, the holiday we know as Thanksgiving is actually the result of the relentless will of a woman named Sarah Josepha