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...
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Dean Gibson
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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...
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Dean Gibson
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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...
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Dean Gibson
Apr 1, 20222 min read
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...
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Dean Gibson
Mar 24, 20222 min read
Joy
Dear Cathedral Family, This Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent, also known as “Laetare” Sunday. Laetare is Latin for rejoice and comes...
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Dean Gibson
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Luke's Gospel: Chapter 3-5
John the Baptist and the Beginnings of Jesus’ Ministry: Luke 3-5 As we discussed at our first meeting, the events described in Luke’s...
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Dean Gibson
Mar 17, 20223 min read
Inviting God's Presence
Dear Cathedral Family, Every one of us comes to a point in life at which we feel we are being tested—and we may feel powerless to meet...
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Dean Gibson
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Show Up to See What the Spirit is Doing
Dear Cathedral Family, I enjoyed the chance to see so many of you last Sunday during our time of hospitality after church, and it looks...
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Dean Gibson
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Luke's Gospel: Chapters 1, 2
In our world, we have television and radio and the internet to tell us what to think about (and how) all day every day. In the ancient...
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Dean Gibson
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Wilderness Journey
Dear Cathedral Family, The journey of Lent begins in the wilderness on this first Sunday in Lent, as we begin to follow Jesus through his...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 23, 20222 min read
A Moment of Spectacular Power
Dear Cathedral Family, As the last Sunday of Pre-Lent (Carnival), this Sunday has many names: Quinquagesima (50 days before Easter),...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Open to God's Love
Dear Cathedral Family, As we move closer to Lent (and, of course, closer to Easter), our Sunday readings from scripture address some of...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 10, 20222 min read
The Common Table
Dear Cathedral Family, Last Sunday’s celebration of Black History Month and the gifts of African Americans to the Church was a wonderful...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Celebrating Black History Month
This Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany is the first Sunday in February, the month established in the United States for honoring African...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 28, 20222 min read
Eager to Sing God's Praises
Dear Cathedral Family, The psalm appointed for this Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany is Psalm 71, an elderly person’s plea to God for...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 20, 20222 min read
Reading Someone Else's Mail
Dear Cathedral Family, During this Epiphany season in our Sunday lectionary we will read several passages from Paul’s Letters to the...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 20, 20222 min read
God's Will
Dear Cathedral Family, We begin 2022 more fully aware than we were at this time last year that life will not be snapping back to the way...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 23, 20212 min read
Christmas, at Last
Dear Cathedral Family, It is Christmas, at last. We have approached this Christmas season with much joy and eager anticipation, as the...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Good News
Dear Cathedral Family, Our children will re-enact the Christmas story for us in their yearly pageant this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Seeing...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Rejoice!
Dear Cathedral Family, This Sunday will be the third Sunday in Advent, when we light the pink candle representing joy. Its traditional...
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