Ecclesiology has to do with the theological self-understanding of the church. One popular concept among some Anglicans today is the “three s...

Today I read a story of an "ex-gay" named John Paulk who recently divorced and is back to being just plain "gay." What ...

The biblical charism of speaking in various unknown foreign languages (called glossolalia ) fell upon the apostles on Pentecost. By praisi...

I've always loved speculation about alternative history. What if the Roman Empire had not fallen? What if America had not revolted? Wh...

My great-grandfather's sister, Lillie Matkin, was the last survivor to be rescued from the rubble after an F-5 tornado struck downtown...

It is remarkable how sometimes the scripture readings in the lectionary correspond to events unfolding in the world around us! It is a remi...

This weekend, local Episcopalians are reflecting on the Texas Supreme Court's Friday ruling which overturned the lower court's rul...

On All Saints' Day in 1950 Pope Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption of St. Mary (body and soul) into heaven at the end of her ...

It's commonly known that Evangelical Christians generally believe that all sins are the same to God. That is, equally offensive and equa...

Bishop Stanton announced his retirement and resignation as the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, effect in May of 2014. He has...

Today we celebrate the successful defense and preservation of orthodox Christianity,as articulated in that central mystery of the faith—th...

On this tax day, I thought it would be worth illustrating our national deficits and debt. This is what $1,000 looks like--a stack of ten $...

Certainly, Anglicans who are already in communion with the Holy See will have an apparent obligation to pray for for the conclave gatherin...

I made a new rose chasuble (the fifth, I've made in this color). Rose vestments are worn on the third Sunday in Advent (and the fou...

A number of my FaceBook friends have been posting things they are thankful for in the days of November running up to Thanksgiving day. Tod...

Now it is the day after and we know that President Obama secured re-election by at least 303 electors (Florida still has yet to be called--m...

If you will indulge me, I've been looking over the figures for second term presidential elections in my spare time (ha!) lately. To me, ...

In 1969, President Nixon popularized the expression "silent majority" when he appealed to the "great silent majority of my fe...

This is my sermon from All Saints' Sunday, given on 4 November 2012 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Hamilton, Texas. This scen...

“We profess the holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith professed by the whole Church before the disunion of East and West; more particularly, as ...