Healing is not a Spectator Sport
Dear Cathedral Family, Healing, in Jesus’ ministry and in our own lives, is not a spectator sport. It requires active desire and...
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Dean Gibson
- Sep 29
- 2 min
Guard the Treasure
Dear Cathedral Family, After two years of caution and limited public events, life feels like it has come roaring back this fall. Trips,...
Dean Gibson
- Sep 22
- 2 min
Perspective
It doesn’t feel like fall in Mobile this week, but it is! This Thursday, September 22, 2022, was the autumnal equinox in the Northern...
Dean Gibson
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Serving Mammon
Dear Cathedral Family, Sometimes the old words help us understand the gospel more clearly. This week is an occasion when this is true,...
Dean Gibson
- Sep 8
- 2 min
There Will Be Joy
Dear Cathedral Family, You may have seen a mug or t-shirt printed with the saying, “Not all who wander are lost.” Like most such...
Dean Gibson
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Giving Thanks for All Workers
Dear Cathedral Family, Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other...
Dean Gibson
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Philadelphia
Dear Cathedral Family, You’ve probably heard the city of Philadelphia referred to as the “City of Brotherly Love.” You might not know...
Dean Gibson
- Aug 19
- 1 min
Freedom and Eternity
Dear Cathedral Family, I am thankful for your outpouring of love this week in our celebration of life and eternal life for our brother...
Dean Gibson
- Aug 11
- 1 min
Great Cloud of Witnesses
Dear Cathedral Family, In the Gibson household this week, we are preparing for our youngest’s move to college (as the Zublers did for...
Dean Gibson
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Returning to School
Dear Cathedral Family, Although the summer weather will be with us for quite some time here in Mobile, the summer season for our students...
Dean Gibson
- May 26
- 2 min
To Redeem the World
Later in the day I wrote the message below, we heard of the shocking tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Our hearts ache...
Dean Gibson
- May 19
- 2 min
A New Way
Dear Cathedral Family, In this Sunday’s gospel reading, Jesus prepares his disciples for change and a new way of living, when he will no...
Dean Gibson
- May 12
- 2 min
Renewal
Dear Cathedral Family, Mid-May brings us near the ending of the school year, and for many of our young people and their families this is...
Dean Gibson
- May 5
- 2 min
Celebrating our Seniors and our Mothers
Dear Cathedral Family, This Sunday will be both Senior Sunday and Mothers’ Day, and in our time together we will celebrate, give thanks,...
Dean Gibson
- May 4
- 2 min
The Gospel of Luke: Week 7
The Narrow Door, The Great Banquet, Parables of the Lost, Faithfulness and Stewardship: Luke 13-26 Chapter 13: The Narrow Door · ...
Dean Gibson
- Apr 28
- 2 min
A Cathedral Ministry
Dear Cathedral Family, On Saturday, April 23, 2005, The Right Reverend Philip Duncan, III Bishop of the Diocese of the Central Gulf...
Dean Gibson
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Palm Sunday
Dear Cathedral Family, This Palm Sunday we will return to the fullness of our experience of this holy day, when we enter the sacred time...
Dean Gibson
- Apr 4
- 2 min
The Gospel of Luke: Week Three
True Obedience, True Faith, and a Sower and a Storm: Luke 6-8:25 Luke 6 Jesus possessed none of the signs of authority recognized in his...
Dean Gibson
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Hope Exists
Dear Cathedral Family, In this final week of Lent, before Holy Week begins, we have readings for our times. These are texts for times...
Dean Gibson
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Joy
Dear Cathedral Family, This Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent, also known as “Laetare” Sunday. Laetare is Latin for rejoice and comes...