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Dean Gibson
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Rule of Life
Dear Cathedral Family, Bishop Russell invited us in his Ash Wednesday sermon to consider how this Lenten season might be a time for us to...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 12, 20212 min read
A Sanctuary in Time
Dear Cathedral Family, All around Christ Church, downtown Mobile is unusually quiet and still going into this Mardi Gras weekend. No...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Looking Ahead to Lent
Dear Cathedral Family, The early date of Easter this year (April 4) means that our time in the season after the Epiphany is relatively...
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Dean Gibson
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Parish Report
Dear Cathedral Family, Our January parish meeting, to be held this Sunday after worship, is our time each year to look back at where we...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Repentance
Dear Cathedral Family, This year’s Daily Office reading for January 7, the day after the Epiphany and the day after the siege on our...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Follow
Dear Cathedral Family, God’s call to listen, believe, and follow is the message in our readings from scripture this Sunday. The young...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 7, 20212 min read
The Baptism of Our Lord
Dear Cathedral Family, This first Sunday after the Epiphany we celebrate the Baptism of Our Lord. In Mark’s account we read that just as...
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Dean Gibson
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Finding Strength and Calm
Dear Cathedral Family, Two weeks ago we began our celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace. Yesterday, as we celebrated the...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 29, 20201 min read
It Is Still Christmas!
Dear Cathedral Family, It is still Christmas! Our worship on this Second Sunday after Christmas Day, as we move toward the Epiphany, will...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Blessings of the Season
Dear Cathedral Family, This will be a Christmas like none we have known in our lifetimes. When in-person worship was suspended due to the...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 17, 20202 min read
Bear the Light
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, The readings and collect for this final Sunday in Advent focus our attention on the essential reason...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 10, 20201 min read
Rejoice
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, The third Sunday in Advent is known as “Gaudete Sunday”: “gaudete” is the Latin word for “rejoice,”...
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Dean Gibson
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Peace, Joy, Love
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, As we move toward the close of this unusual year, we continue to adapt our usual ways of living to the...
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Dean Gibson
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Encounters with Jesus
Dear Cathedral Friends and Family, This Sunday will be the last Sunday of the season after Pentecost, bringing to a close the long period...
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Dean Gibson
Nov 13, 20202 min read
Small Steps
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Jesus told the parable of the talents to teach the importance of continuing to tend, work, and grow...
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Dean Gibson
Nov 4, 20202 min read
"Give Me Jesus"
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, As I write to you mid-week, uncertainty continues to surround this week’s national elections, and the...
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Dean Gibson
Oct 29, 20202 min read
Self-Giving
Dear Cathedral Friends and Family, I pray that you all have weathered this last storm, Zeta, without too much damage and that if you...
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Dean Gibson
Oct 22, 20202 min read
BIG LOVE
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Can love be commanded? Our culture says no. Movies, novels, and the stories people tell show love...
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Dean Gibson
Oct 14, 20202 min read
Grounded in Faith
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Since resuming in-person worship in September, our attendance has grown steadily, as we have all grown...
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Dean Gibson
Oct 8, 20202 min read
The Lord is Near
Dear Cathedral Family and Friends, Part of my message last Sunday was an encouragement to make a dedicated period of time each day for...
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