Matthew 28: 16-20 I heard a story once about a famous tightrope walker who amazed the crowds with his ability to walk across large expanses on the tightrope without losing his balance. He would walk across waterfalls or canyons or between tall buildings, all to the delight and amazement of the crowds that gathered to watch. When he would return to his starting point, he would ask the crowd if they believed he could go across and back again with a wheelbarrow. There were a few

John 17:1-11 Irenaeus of Lyons once said: “The glory of God is the human person fully alive.” What does it mean to be glorified? It is a good question to ask ourselves as we come down the stretch of these fifty days of Easter when we hear so much about glorification, the glory of God, and the glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ The prayer that we hear from Jesus in the book of John is one of many that I hold close to my heart as a follower of Jesus. He speak

One of the most intimate and memorable moments of worship I have known came in a seemingly unlikely place, although I have come to expect such things from God. The place was the dayroom on the psychiatric floor of the clinic in Twin Towers Correctional Facility. Twin Towers houses about 4,000 inmates, both male and female, all of whom are diagnosed with varying degrees of psychological challenges. It is the largest mental health facility in the United States, and it’s a jail.

I am clergy in the Episcopal Church. I am also a monk dedicated to my life of prayer. Others sometimes assume that people like me have deep insightful wisdom to offer about prayer. Do not be disappointed when I say that I do not. It is not for me to tell anyone how to connect with God. All I can genuinely offer is my own experience, which has taught me that there are as many ways to pray as there are human hearts beating for God. I spent a good deal of time alone as a kid.