Dear Friends, This coming Sunday, January 12, will be my last one as your Interim Rector. When I was a kid, the Mickey Mouse Club was one of the few programs we were able to get through our rooftop antenna. The original run featured a regular but ever-changing cast of...
Dear Friends, “O star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright – “ so begins the refrain to the well-known Epiphany hymn, “We three kings of orient are. . . “ This coming Sunday, January 5, we’ll observe the feast of the Epiphany. Although Epiphany is...
Dear Friends, If you are reading this week’s Topics on its publication date – Friday, December 27 – happy third day of Christmas. I’m in Granville for a couple of days enjoying time with our family. It’s been joyful chaos since I arrived home late on Christmas...
Dear Friends, In a few days, it will be Christmas once again. This year, everyone is coming home to Granville for Christmas – everyone except one son-in-law whose work in the New York financial world requires him to be in the city as 2024 comes to a close. To keep...
Dear Friends, The season of Advent is always four Sundays long – the four Sundays before Christmas. However, the season’s actual number of days varies depending on which day of the week Christmas falls. This year Advent began on December 1 – one of the shorter...
