Dear Friends, I don’t like being inconvenienced. As you know, I live across the river from downtown. I specifically chose the Marina Lofts apartments because my commute to Trinity would be all of four minutes long. In the last parish, my commute was 35 miles long and...
Dear Friends, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” I don’t know how many times that phrase has been repeated to children who have been on the receiving end of verbal bullying. I know my mother frequently recited it to me as a reminder...
Dear friends, It is finally here! Trinity Kid’s, our 1st – 5th grade ministry launches this Sunday during service. We are so excited; we can hardly contain ourselves. Here is a little run down on how this will work starting September 15: Families arrive at Trinity and...
Dear Friends, National Hispanic Heritage Month begins one week from this Sunday. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September...
Dear Friends, It’s Labor Day weekend. You’re going to have people tell you that it’s the end of summer, but don’t believe them. The actual first day of fall isn’t until September 22, and even then, Ohio usually offers a number of pleasantly warm days in early October....
Dear Friends, Every Episcopal parish I’ve known has its “high holy days.” I’m not talking about Christmas and Easter. Those are the church’s high holy days. I’m talking about the days that, for a variety of local reasons, a parish observes in some special way. Let me...
