Dear Members and Friends of St. James, Although constrained this week by only two Zoom meetings, this week has not been without a truly exciting and positive development.  On Thursday, 20 May, our diocesan and suffragan bishops posted a Pastoral Letter and Updated COVID-19 Guidelines to all clergy and congregational and diocesan leadership.  As this …

7 Easter Psalm 1; Acts 1:15 – 17, 21 – 26; I John 5:9 – 13; John 17:6 – 19 And to this the Spirit bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. I John 5:6 Unless a parish is what we Episcopalians used to call “high church” (or Anglo-Catholic), Ascension Day, the Feast of the …

Dear Members and Friends of St. James, Because I am pleased to report no major development or change in our common life, I share with you several prayers from our Book of Common Prayer that have this week forced their way into my mind.  I pray that you also might find them beneficial. For Ascension …

6 Easter Psalm 98; Acts 10:41 – 48; I John 5:1 – 6; John 15:9 – 17 This is my commandment, that you love one another.  Jn. 15: 12 It may not (perhaps, even should not) come as a surprise to any of you that at this time of the year my mind turns to …