Just Thoughts

  • Jesus, Carry Me. Mary, Hold My Heart.

    These past few days have been a whirlwind of emotions. Yesterday mid-afternoon I walked into St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral, already full of anxious anticipation. A woman named Anne introduced herself to me. Bishop Mark,…

  • Love & Mercy Go Hand-in-Hand

    The more you know, the more difficult it is to choose to love. And yet we are still called to love, as difficult as it is. Sometimes we can’t. Sometimes we honestly can’t.…

  • Quiet

    The initial uproar has died down. I am mostly left with myself again. I have made contact with the diocese in which the former-deacon-now-priest resides. I await further contact and discussions. Proactively, I’ve…

  • I’m still mad and terrified

    In case anyone was wondering, even though people stop paying attention, this is still my reality. I have made contact with the diocese in which my abuser serves, and as much as I…

  • The Work Now Before Me

    Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and…