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Take Heart
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, I miss you. And I know—from passing encounters in the street and in the grocery store, meetings on...
Dean Gibson
Aug 6, 20202 min read


Respite and Renewal
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, I am thankful for the time of respite and renewal my family and I have enjoyed during the month of...
Dean Gibson
Jul 30, 20202 min read


Rest
July is usually a quiet month at Christ Church Cathedral, as many parishioners are away for summer vacations and travel. This year looks...
Dean Gibson
Jul 2, 20201 min read


Faithful Disciples
Dear Cathedral Family, This Sunday afternoon at Christ Church Cathedral, our bishop will ordain eight new deacons for our diocese. This...
Dean Gibson
Jun 26, 20202 min read


Wednesday after the 2nd Sunday of Easter
Dear Cathedral Family, God loved the world so much that he came in person, in the Son, Jesus, to experience all of its joy and suffering....
Dean Gibson
Jun 25, 20202 min read


Wednesday after the 3rd Sunday of Easter
Lorenzo Scott has been called a “Modern Renaissance Painter of Folk Art.” Born in West Point, Georgia and working for most of his life as...
Dean Gibson
Jun 22, 20201 min read


Life Together
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, As our COVID summer continues, we are all growing weary of restrictions on our activities and...
Dean Gibson
Jun 17, 20203 min read


Not Yet
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, On Wednesday of this week, our bishop gave his permission for churches in Mobile County to resume...
Dean Gibson
Jun 11, 20201 min read


Justice and Healing
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Protests, riots, and violence have shaken our nation over the past weeks, and every community in...
Dean Gibson
Jun 8, 20201 min read


Monday after the Fifth Sunday of Easter
This portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount describes how we are to go about the essential disciplines of discipleship—almsgiving, prayer,...
Dean Gibson
May 10, 20203 min read


A Message from the Dean
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, In this Sunday’s gospel reading, Jesus delivers his “farewell address” to his disciples. In it, he...
Dean Gibson
May 9, 20202 min read


Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Jesus’ difficult teaching in the Sermon on the Mount continues. Today’s reading calls us to “Be perfect…as your heavenly Father is...
Dean Gibson
May 8, 20202 min read


Friday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Today’s reading is one of the hardest segments of the Sermon on the Mount for 21st century Christian readers. Jesus takes the “black and...
Dean Gibson
May 7, 20202 min read


Thursday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter
In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching about God’s insistence on reconciliation, the restoring of right...
Dean Gibson
May 6, 20202 min read


Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Dear Cathedral Family, When we began our time of worship together while physically apart, we were concluding our journey through Lent and...
Dean Gibson
May 5, 20203 min read


Tuesday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Jesus is continuing his teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. The first portion of our reading today concludes the Beatitudes we read on...
Dean Gibson
May 4, 20202 min read


Monday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Today’s painting probably doesn’t match your usual mental image of the Sermon on the Mount, especially the two cherubic angels. For me,...
Dean Gibson
May 3, 20201 min read


The Fourth Sunday of Easter
A Message from the Dean Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, As you have certainly heard, Governor Kay Ivey has begun the process of slowly...
Dean Gibson
May 2, 20203 min read


Stay-at-Home Order Extended
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, As you have certainly heard, Governor Kay Ivey has begun the process of slowly reopening business and...
Dean Gibson
May 2, 20202 min read


Saturday after the 3rd Sunday of Easter
In today’s reading, Jesus calls his disciples, as he continues teaching and proclaiming God’s nearness. Matthew emphasizes Jesus’ healing...
Dean Gibson
May 2, 20202 min read
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