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Episode 3: How The Beatles Relate To The Gospels
"Blackbird" and "Here Comes the Sun" from Good Friday to Easter If you have yet to watch our video, this episode brings home just how timeless and continuously relevant Beatles lyrics remain decades after the height of their popularity. In this...
Cruciform Places
Gun violence, attacks on Asian-Americans, and coronavirus deaths speak to the suffering that is real in America today. Deeply personal and yet, at the same time, universal suffering. In this moment, we have every right to ask the question, "Where is God in all of...
It’s Been a Year
One year ago this week, I had the terrible realization that not only had the coronavirus arrived in the US and into New York, but it had arrived at St. Barnabas, and I was the host. This most unwelcome of guests arrived on the heels of a large charitable event held at...
What Mulberry Street was and Snitches Teaches
I was surprised this week by the announcement that six Dr. Seuss titles are being withdrawn from publication, chief among them, And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. As a good liberal, albeit with an antiquarian bent, I felt upset given that my children are...
Our Story, God’s Story
By now, you should all have received the Lenten devotions for 2021 entitled, A Story to Tell. I chose it because it focuses intelligently on texts from the Gospel of Mark that show Jesus' journey from his baptism to the cross. This is also the gospel that we are...
One Long Lent and That’s Kind of Okay
The "no" list during the pandemic has included: no hugs, no school, no visits, no church, and no choir. For each of us, there's the ongoing pandemic "no list" that feels like a global Lent and a prolonged slowing down of time itself in which we work harder and...