Epistle

“When it comes to ceremony, we Anglicans do things right.”  I was mindful of these words I once heard from a wise old rector as I watched both the pageantry

According to C.S Lewis, the above words led to his conversion to Christianity.  He and J.R.R.Tolkien (author of Lord of the Rings) were taking a late night stroll along the streets

One of the better decisions I made in seminary was to take New Testament Greek.  Greek and Hebrew used to be required of all seminarians.  But in my day, that

The Episcopal Seminary Welcomes You! Some years ago, a friend sent me a picture of one of those ubiquitous red and blue metal signs which read, “The Episcopal Church Welcomes

Do you remember who brought you to school that very first day of Kindergarten or First Grade?  For most of us, it was probably our parents who walked us into

To the faithful community at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, from Kirk Smith, Interim Dean of the same, greetings! Thus would begin a letter in New Testament times. The cadence