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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
Aug 4, 20222 min read


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 26, 20222 min read


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 19, 20222 min read


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 12, 20222 min read


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 5, 20222 min read


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
May 4, 20222 min read


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 28, 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...
Dean Gibson
Apr 7, 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...
Dean Gibson
Apr 4, 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...
Dean Gibson
Apr 1, 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...
Dean Gibson
Mar 24, 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...
Dean Gibson
Mar 21, 20222 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...
Dean Gibson
Mar 17, 20223 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...
Dean Gibson
Mar 10, 20222 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...
Dean Gibson
Mar 7, 20223 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...
Dean Gibson
Mar 4, 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),...
Dean Gibson
Feb 23, 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...
Dean Gibson
Feb 18, 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...
Dean Gibson
Feb 10, 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...
Dean Gibson
Feb 3, 20222 min read
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