A postcard from the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King 11/21/21 Grace by Eric Enstrom, depicting travelling salesman Charles Wilden in Bovey. Photograph was published in the United States in 1918. A colorized version of this photo hung over the breakfast table at my Granddaddy’s house. As I waited for my Granddaddy to sayContinue reading "Giving thanks for truth"

A postcard from the 25th Sunday after Pentecost 11/14/21 This is one of my favorite prayers in the Book of Common Prayer! Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever holdContinue reading "Hear, read, mark, and inwardly digest"

A postcard from the Observance of All Saints 11/07/21 Celebrating 40 years of ministry in Heflin, Alabama. Today was a day to celebrate ministry together! Today we celebrated 40+ years of ministry at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin. In 1980, 16 friends of Jesus (and their families) began gathering to worship and toContinue reading "Friends of Jesus"

A postcard from the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost 10/31/21 Post-church Acolyte Training at the Church of the Messiah in Heflin. Two new acolytes are ready to help celebrate Messiah’s 40th Anniversary next week! Today is All Saints Day. It is one of the seven principal feast days in The Episcopal Church, and the only oneContinue reading "The Greatest Commandment"

A postcard from the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 10/24/21 “What do you want me to do for you?” That is the question Jesus asks the blind man on the road outside Jericho that would change that man’s life. [Mark 10:46-52] This scene closes out the travel narrative in Mark that began in Chapter 8. ThroughoutContinue reading "“…where the blind can see”"