I took this photo during a sabbatical hike in the Shenandoah valley. Fungus on a fallen log: beautiful things growing in settled places. Dear Incarnation, Many of you have asked me how my return from sabbatical has been (thank you!). I keep saying two words in response: gentle and overwhelming. Those may seem contradictory, and, well, I suppose they are. Sometimes multiple things are true at once! My return has been gentle  because our amazing staff did so much to prepare and

The Lost Coin, Jim Hasse, SJ, date unknown Dear Incarnation, It’s been a tough week since my last letter. The murder of Charlie Kirk —...

Another sabbatical photo. We found these little shrines in high-mountain pastures throughout our hike in the Alps. I loved these glimpses...

One of my favorite days of sabbatical, hiking over a snowy mountain pass in the French Alps Dear Incarnation, I'm back!!!!!!! And I...

Family pic from a training hike for our sabbatical trek! Dear Incarnation, To what shall we compare the kingdom of Jesus, if not a seed?...

The items representing our labors from our Rogation Sunday procession and our last Sunday at Drew! Dear Incarnation, Sometimes I joke...

Dear Incarnation, A few years ago during Lent, we preached a sermon series called Hearing God. Each Sunday, we read the normally...

Dear Incarnation, It was wonderful to be together on Good Shepherd Sunday (the photo above is of the kids’ “stained glass” mural of the...

Healing of the Paralytic, John Armstrong, 1893 Dear Incarnation, As Will Montague shared at Sunday’s parish meeting, one of the benefits...

Dear Incarnation, Happy Easter! Yep, that’s right . . . it’s still Easter! As a wise friend often reminds me, in the family of God “the...

Dear Incarnation, Alleluia! Christ is risen! What a joy to celebrate with you over the breadth of Holy Week. From the raucous percussion...

Icon of the Entombment of Christ, 15th century, Tretyakov Gallery Dear friends, I have loved this Lent together. The somber new response...

One thing we love at Drew: the courtyard! Dear Incarnation, Over the past two years, I have written and spoken many times about the...

Pietà (after Delacroix), Vincent van Gogh, 1889 Dear Incarnation, I remember a personal retreat I took a few years ago, when I was a...

The Temptation in the Wilderness, Briton Rivière, 1898 Dear Incarnation, I often think of this tweet that I saw during Lent 2020, when...

Happy birthday to Luna and Danny (and, not pictured, to Josie and Russell!) Dear Incarnation, Welcome to Lent, when Sunday rhythms...

The Rocks, Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Dear Incarnation, The 40-day season of Lent begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday. I've heard a number of...

At Eternity's Gate (Sorrowing Old Man), Vincent van Gogh, 1882 Dear Incarnation, One of my dearest friends, a fellow priest, moved to...

"We Are All One in Jesus Christ" by Soichi Watanabe (Japan) Dear Incarnation, I'm writing this week with an assortment of newsy updates...

The prayers and labors of our volunteers that sustain us every Sunday. Dear Incarnation, I ended Sunday's sermon with this prayer from...