Dear Friends, Please enjoy this Monday edition of Aloha Fridays with Fr. Tim. It is the homily I preached at the late Christmas Eve service last night at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Glendale, Arizona. I
As we approach the final days of Advent and we finish our final preparations for Christmas, I want to ask you to take a moment to pause and to reflect on something. I want you to think about what
Liturgical Mindfulness in a Dynamic Church Worship in the Episcopal Church takes place during something called a liturgy. This is not unique to the Episcopal Church. Our Christian cousins in the Latin Rite, the Orthodox Rite, Lutheranism, and a
In Defense of Ebenezer Scrooge When I was a kid, one of my favorite things about December was that the television networks played all the best Christmas specials. I remember watching the stop-motion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the animated
The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had
The Holidays are Here! Happy day after Thanksgiving! Just a quick question for you: how are you holding up after the holiday? It’s a serious question, really. A whole lot can go on during the Thanksgiving holiday and it
Who among us is “worthy” to receive the sacrament of Holy Communion? I received my letter accepting me as a student at the University of Notre Dame in February of 2020. About a month later, the whole world, including
In the Episcopal Church, we believe “the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New testaments to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation” (BCP p. 526). That sounds well and good. But how
Now that we have entered the first part of the month of November, we find ourselves in something called Allhallowtide. While technically including only the days of October 31 through November 2 every year, our Book of Common Prayer
This week, following in the footsteps of our bishop, I signed the Unity Pledge on behalf of our St. John’s parish community. As of last week’s Diocesan Convention, the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona is the largest faith-based entity to