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Summer!
Dear Cathedral Family, Over the next three Sundays, I will be taking some time away—first for a week of vacation time with my family and...
Dean Gibson
May 23, 20241 min read


We Are the Body of Christ
Dear Cathedral Family, This Sunday is the Day of Pentecost, when the Great Fifty Days of Easter come to an end and the long green season...
Dean Gibson
May 16, 20242 min read


May We All Be One
Dear Cathedral Family, Last week was a Spirit-filled time of celebration in the life of Christ Church Cathedral, and I am deeply thankful...
Dean Gibson
May 9, 20242 min read


Love One Another
Dear Cathedral Family, This Saturday morning, before ordaining six new deacons for our diocese, our bishop will continue his practice of...
Dean Gibson
May 2, 20242 min read


The True Vine
Dear Cathedral Family, Easter is so much associated with looking forward to new life that the necessary component of looking back is...
Dean Gibson
Apr 24, 20242 min read


The Good Shepherd
Dear Cathedral Family, Easter continues, and we continue to walk out into the world in the newly risen life Christ brings each one of us....
Dean Gibson
Apr 18, 20242 min read


Alleluia!
Dear Cathedral Family, “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” Christ Church Cathedral is the oldest Protestant church in the state of Alabama and...
Dean Gibson
Mar 29, 20241 min read


Palm Sunday
DEAR CATHEDRAL FAMILY, Palm Sunday is also known as Passion Sunday, and the center point of our worship this Sunday will be a reading of...
Dean Gibson
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Renewed
Dear Cathedral Family, Psalm 51 has always been special to me, and so I am always glad when it appears in our lectionary cycle, as it...
Dean Gibson
Mar 14, 20241 min read


Rejoice Sunday
Dear Cathedral Family, The fourth Sunday in Lent is the “rose” Sunday of Lent, called “Laetare Sunday,” or “Rejoice Sunday,” like its...
Dean Gibson
Mar 7, 20242 min read


"Let the little children come to me."
We are delighted and honored to welcome Mobile’s Singing Children to Christ Church Cathedral on this third Sunday in Lent. Not only will...
Dean Gibson
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Grace Alone
Dear Cathedral Family, One of the best hours of my week is the time I spend with the Bible study group reading Paul’s Letter to the...
Dean Gibson
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Keeping a Holy Lent
Dear Cathedral Family, Mardi Gras is now a memory and some beads in the trees downtown. Ash Wednesday was a welcomed day, as we set out...
Dean Gibson
Feb 16, 20242 min read


Celebration!
Dear Cathedral Family, If you were not able to be present for last Sunday’s Black History Month Celebration, and you haven’t watched...
Dean Gibson
Feb 8, 20242 min read


Black History Month
Dear Cathedral Family, The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany is the first Sunday of February, the month established in the United States...
Dean Gibson
Jan 31, 20242 min read


Our Time
Dear Cathedral Family, Looking at this season after the Epiphany, its scripture readings and themes, I can see the common thread of our...
Dean Gibson
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Constant in Mission
Dear Cathedral Family, Christmas seems just to have ended, and already we find ourselves past the midpoint of January. Mardi Gras is...
Dean Gibson
Jan 18, 20242 min read


Persevere!
Dear Cathedral Family, Making your way to Christ Church Cathedral this Sunday around the Mobile Marathon may appear at first simply to be...
Dean Gibson
Jan 11, 20242 min read


The Gifts
Dear Cathedral Family, We come this week to the end of Christmas, and I hope that for you it has been a time of joy in receiving all the...
Dean Gibson
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Rejoice Sunday!
Dear Cathedral Family, If you have been feeling a bit “blah” in this season of preparation for Christmas, this Sunday is for you! (And...
Dean Gibson
Dec 14, 20232 min read
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