Friends, this is your periodic reminder that I was ordained as an Episcopal priest in the Myrtle Beach area, serving a church in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, in the 1990s. 🤣

Friends, this is your periodic reminder that I was ordained as an Episcopal priest in the Myrtle Beach area, serving a church in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, in the 1990s. 🤣

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As a Ukrainian, I don’t understand how anyone can call this war a “complicated conflict”

In past years, the only place where I would watch HGTV was while sitting in the dentist chair. Then it got dropped from the viewing options. Now mostly left with morning shows or CNN.

Reporting on how Talarico is reaching new people with his relatively run-of-the-mill mainline Christianity really shows how the media and political dominance of right wing evangelicalism has constrained the American religious imagination.

The largest medical center in the world is within my parish here in Houston, and earlier this month I met a world-renowned cardiac surgeon . . . as a patient.

Since Holy Week, I’ve been on a very unexpected journey toward open heart surgery less than three weeks from now. Looking at the statistics, I’m happy to quote Julian of Norwich and say, “All shall be well.” But, still, wow. Here’s what I wrote to my congregation. ⚓️

I did not watch the latest POTUS interview. Any updates on unconditional surrender?

BREAKING: The Titanic musicians have backed out of Freedom 250.

Tonight was awards night for seniors at Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston. Our firstborn, on the far left, received several awards, including “[AP] Physics C MVP” and “Outstanding Senior Mathematician.” Next stop is Rice University in the fall to study pure math. 💙🩶🦉

Tonight was awards night for seniors at Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston. Our firstborn, on the far left, received several awards, including “[AP] Physics C MVP” and “Outstanding Senior Mathematician.” Next stop is Rice University in the fall to study pure math. 💙🩶🦉

The largest medical center in the world is within my parish here in Houston, and earlier this month I met a world-renowned cardiac surgeon . . . as a patient.

Serendipitous discoveries in the archives and stacks aren’t possible if you shut them down “The document – a scrap of parchment inserted into an account of the Ramsey Abbey manor of Warboys in Huntingdonshire…”

May light perpetual shine upon him.

Car lines at school remain a mystery to me. What exactly are some folks doing either before or after the passenger door has opened and closed — day trading on the NYSE, diplomacy in multiple languages, writing a lengthy novel, opening the Strait of Hormuz?

Car lines at school remain a mystery to me. What exactly are some folks doing either before or after the passenger door has opened and closed — day trading on the NYSE, diplomacy in multiple languages, writing a lengthy novel, opening the Strait of Hormuz?

Greetings from the Lone Star State.

Greetings from the Lone Star State.

Greetings from the Lone Star State.

Greetings from Houston. 🗳️ (No, I did not vote in the primary runoff election that’s all over the national news today.)

Greetings from Houston. 🗳️ (No, I did not vote in the primary runoff election that’s all over the national news today.)

Greetings from the Lone Star State.

I think part of the reason people are reacting so strongly to Magnifica Humanitas is that most of us are longing for someone with power, anyone, to stand up against the soul-crushing machinery (and with regular people) and say "no, this is wrong, and I am on your side."

"[Frederick Douglas] was describing the collapse of Reconstruction, the rise of paramilitary terror, and the slow legal dismemberment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. But the vocabulary is so contemporary that readers could be forgiven for thinking it was written last week."

"[Frederick Douglas] was describing the collapse of Reconstruction, the rise of paramilitary terror, and the slow legal dismemberment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. But the vocabulary is so contemporary that readers could be forgiven for thinking it was written last week."

I'm closest to Gregory of Nazianzus (the Theologian). My wider constellation: Maximus the Confessor, Ephrem the Syrian, Basil the Great, Origen of Alexandria.—"Which Patristic-Era Thinker Are You?"

Thirty-one years ago today, I received a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School. One class I took there was with the famous Roman Catholic liturgist Aidan Kavanagh, born in Mexia, Texas, who once wrote:

“To be consumed with worry over making a liturgical mistake is the greatest mistake of all. Reverence is a virtue, not a neurosis, and God can take care of himself.” Boola, boola, alleluia! 💙⚓️

Thirty-one years ago today, I received a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School. One class I took there was with the famous Roman Catholic liturgist Aidan Kavanagh, born in Mexia, Texas, who once wrote:

I'm closest to Julian of Norwich (Anchoress · Revelations of Divine Love). My wider constellation: Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis of Assisi, John Scottus Eriugena, Hildegard of Bingen.—"Which Medieval Theologian Are You?"

I'm closest to Rowan Williams (Contemplative · Poetic). My wider constellation: Evelyn Underhill, John A.T. Robinson, Michael Ramsey, Austin Farrer. — "Which Anglican Theologian Are You?"

I'm closest to Rowan Williams (Contemplative · Poetic). My wider constellation: Evelyn Underhill, John A.T. Robinson, Michael Ramsey, Austin Farrer. — "Which Anglican Theologian Are You?"

I know they've been around Houston for a while, but Monday was the first time I've seen a Waymo car here. Actually, I saw four of them that day. It was freaky to pass one on my way downtown.

Five years ago today, I woke up and remembered a dream. ⚓️

Me whenever I see one of those delivery robots in the wild

Five years ago today, I woke up and remembered a dream. ⚓️

As an Episcopal priest in Houston, Texas, this is my favorite warning sign. ⚓️

St. Philip’s Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the oldest active Black church in the Old North State. On May 21, 1865, a Union Army chaplain told the enslaved members of this congregation that they had been emancipated and were now free. Then there was singing. ⚓️

As an Episcopal priest in Houston, Texas, this is my favorite warning sign. ⚓️

Friends of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston might recognize Peter Rodriguez. That is correct — he and his family are members of my congregation here in Texas! ⚓️ Proud to be a Demon Deacon! 🎩 💛 🖤 💛

Friends of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston might recognize Peter Rodriguez. That is correct — he and his family are members of my congregation here in Texas! ⚓️ Proud to be a Demon Deacon! 🎩 💛 🖤 💛

The AI-generated, fake book club solicitation emails are getting pretty weird …

As the Rector of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, Mama Cat, whom my entire family has met, lives within the boundaries of my parish. I give thanks to God for her safe return home to Rice University. ❤️

As the Rector of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, Mama Cat, whom my entire family has met, lives within the boundaries of my parish. I give thanks to God for her safe return home to Rice University. ❤️

I'm sure its fine

Eggs, sausage, hash browns, grits, toast*, and coffee. *If biscuits are available, imma take those two sausage patties and make myself two sausage biscuits.

"The American Foreign Service Association estimates that roughly 2,000 foreign service officers left the State Department last year. Meanwhile, more than 100 ambassador posts around the world, including in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Russia, do not have a Senate confirmed ambassador . . ."

"The American Foreign Service Association estimates that roughly 2,000 foreign service officers left the State Department last year. Meanwhile, more than 100 ambassador posts around the world, including in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Russia, do not have a Senate confirmed ambassador . . ."

Greetings from Rice University in Houston.