The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist

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

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