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             What do you think of when you hear the word “abundance?” To me, abundance means plenty to go around. In a theological sense, we can think of abundance in a way that demonstrates God will take care of

Becoming Friends With Change that Unsettles Us             When I was in college, I worked as a disc jockey at a radio station in El Centro, California. The station, KXO AM 1230, was founded in 1927. Because it is so

The Impact of Vulnerability             When I was a child, I lived in a house of secret keepers. Under the guise of “privacy”, our family didn’t share details about our lives with people outside our home. We didn’t share details

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