(from Eucharistic Prayer C, page 369 of the Book of Common Prayer) For a long time, I’ve thought of St. Alban’s as an intergenerational church. After all, we have every decade represented, from young children to folks in their 80’s and 90’s and everyone in between… although we could use more people in their 20’s for sure – those college students don’t tend to stick around after graduation. Recently though, I learned that we may be more of a multigenerational church than a truly...

A truly historic event took place yesterday, and I believe it made God very happy. Sarah Mullally, the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, was enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral before a diverse congregation of more than 2,000 people from all across the world. As Archbishop, she is the head of The Church of England and the symbolic head of the Anglican Communion, a global network of churches of which the Episcopal Church is a member. She is the first woman to serve in this role, and her...

Earlier this week, my family and I went to see the musical Suffs for the second time. We first saw it in previews on Broadway during my 2024 sabbatical, and we were blown away. Now, two years later, the show is touring the country and currently playing at the Blumenthal in Charlotte. The opportunity to see it again was absolutely worth staying out way past our bedtimes on a school night. Suffs tells the story of the American women’s suffrage movement in the years leading up to the...