by Jon | Nov 9, 2013 | daily, feat. |
It’s 7:30 Saturday morning, I’m sitting at a local restaurant checking work emails (I’ve been out of the office for four days) and generally putzing around waiting for the day to begin. I’m staying in Burlington, North Carolina, just a...
by Jon | Jun 11, 2013 | feat., g, stoles |
This is, like the last post, a little late to the blog. I wore this stole on Trinity Sunday, since the Trinity could be considered the theological backdrop of scripture. It’s a stole that G. gave me early in our relationship. He found this stole, in all its...
by Jon | May 26, 2013 | feat., g, stoles |
Last Sunday, May 19th, was a big day for us at Westfield. It was Pentecost, the church’s commemoration of the Holy Spirit’s descent upon the disciples and celebration of the ways the Spirit continues to work in our lives. We had a colorful installation...
by Jon | May 11, 2013 | daily, feat., g, mama |
To my sweet Mama, It’s been four years since we last shared a Mother’s Day together in person. This time four years ago you were in the middle of a rigorous series of chemo treatments–treatments we discovered the following July had worked. That fall,...
by Jon | Apr 28, 2013 | feat., g, stoles |
After a week in simply spring-y Georgia, I am back in Connecticut basking in the warm spring sun and watching the trees sprout out their baby green leaves. I was back in the South to go to my dear seminary friend’s wedding in Mobile (fun fact: Mobile has the...