On Easter Day, we read Matthew’s account of the Resurrection—what I called the “thriller” version, which emphasizes the importance of...

Usually, we leave Easter Day and go on with our lives at work and school and other activities. This year, we have the opportunity to...

Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Alleluia! Christ is risen! Wherever you are this Easter morning, stretch out your arms and receive...

Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Yes, this Sunday will be Palm Sunday! I hope that you all will enter fully into the spirit of the day...

Dear Cathedral Family, Again this week, we will live stream Morning Prayer, Rite One, as we continue to “wait for one another” (to use...

Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, In my message to you last Friday, I mentioned that we might soon share the reality of our fellow...

As the response to COVID-19 in our nation and throughout the world continues to unfold, I am writing today to let you know that we will...

Bishop Russell: Concerns About Contagious Diseases in Churches: Care to Help Ensure Good Health Dear friends, We are all following the...

In case you missed it—and that would be hard to do, especially with that tent outside and all the wonderful flowers inside—yesterday we...

The 2020 diocesan convention, which begins the 50th Anniversary of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, has been in planning and...

This year my heart has been filled with thankfulness and wonder: for God’s boundless mercies in every moment of our lives, for the love...

After last week’s Rally Day start with Jerusalem Greer, we are ready this Sunday to begin our fall rhythm of Christian formation and...

At this time last year, the Cathedral Family was at the beginning of two important undertakings in our life together. The most obvious of...

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the...

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself in the dark wilderness, for I had wandered from the straight and true. How hard a...

When we think about the lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents—and even our parents—we generally focus on how much life has...

In worship on Ash Wednesday, we were invited “to the observance of a Holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting,...

We identify with the disciples in this Sunday's gospel lesson. Their boat is being swamped in turbulent seas; they feel weak and...

From THE MESSENGER, September 2017 Arriving where we began... T. S. Elliot once wrote, "We must not cease from exploration. And the end...

Dear Cathedral Family, August 21 was my first day back at Christ Church Cathedral following a sabbatical that began on May 22. This was...