To Tremble With Glee

By Christopher Yoder The Cherry Tree Carol has roots in medieval mystery plays and, ultimately, an apocryphal story about the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, in which a cherry tree bows low so that ... Read More...

Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days

A former Roman Catholic student preparing to become an Episcopal priest recently asked me why we retain the Twelve Days of Christmas as Anglicans, but Roman Catholics do not. Both Rome and the Episcopal Church ... Read More...

Embracing the Awkward: Improv and Grace

The Gospel According to Improv A Radical Way of Creative and Spontaneous Living By Les Carpenter Morehouse, pp. 199, $19.95 Review by Christine Havens One of my favorite passages (there are quite a few) in The Gospel According to Improv comes toward t... Read More...

A Priest’s Guide to Enjoying Beer

Content Warning: Alcohol (obviously). By Cole Hartin As we move out of the season of Lent, away from our sober fasting, and into the celebratory season of Easter, many of us will be emerging from penitenc... Read More...

The Joy Of Salvation: On Bob Ross As Evangelist

Evangelism isn’t about pamphlets and theories and door-to-door sales pitches. Instead, it’s living life from a place of profound joy and letting that joy be definitive and overflowing. For us Christians, that joy is given to us by the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. To share it, we don’t need pamphlets and marketing strategies. We simply need the joy that comes with the story and living our lives defined by that joy.