May 1, 2026 Elisabeth Jurenka on Unsplash by FFrances “A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.” (Eccl 3:4) The idea of Eastertide is not really one that imposes itself on the secular world. Easter eggs are in the shops on Boxing Day*, Christmas cards by Easter Monday. But taking time to relish the seasons of the liturgy bears fruit. We are still in this period of Eastertide, rejoicing in the resurrection, and awaiting the coming of the gift of

April 15, 2026 Photo by David Becker, 2022, Unsplash Like a spring flower rising into golden light, Christ keeps unfolding into our world even now. Father Richard Rohr describes how it’s possible to experience resurrection through experiencing God’s love:   We don’t need to wait for death to experience resurrection. We can begin resurrection today by living connected to God. Resurrection happens every time we love someone even though they were not very loving to us. At that m

April 1, 2026 by FFrances In the 1960s there was a popular idea in psychology of the True Self and the False Self , terms coined by psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. The True Self was the self, which was based on authentic experience of being alive. False Self was the term used to describe a self, which was a façade created in response to trying to meet the expectations of others. The idea has become quite established, and developed further, perhaps because the words seem t

March 15, 2026 A Reflection by Rev. Allison Burns-LaGreca; St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Stone Harbor, NJ Grief does not arrive loudly. It slips in like fog through open windows, settles in the ribs, makes a home behind the eyes. It drinks coffee with us in the morning. It folds laundry. It waits in traffic lights. It stands barefoot on cold kitchen floors while kettles hum and headlines bruise the heart. We carry it quietly, this layered sorrow. There is the grief of the wo

March 1, 2026 Once upon a time…there was a woman named Dee. She was generous in many ways. She worked hard, supported good causes, and was respected in her community. Over time, her success brought her a beautiful home set in stunning grounds: trees and meadow, flowers and vegetables, even a path down to the sea. She tended it carefully and often stood at the window, satisfied. Surely, she thought, this was a fair reward for a life of good works. One afternoon, she heard laug

February 15, 2026 A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble* (Posted Online Jan 09, 2026) “Truth has stumbled in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.” — Isaiah 59:14 K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Grief is accumulating faster than we can metabolize it. Many of us are still reeling from the murder of Renee Nicole Good, a life taken by a federal ICE agent, followed not by humility or accountability from our national leaders, but by a manufactured narrative designed to jus