Encouraged

Lynne Graham St. Paul’s, Montrose For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. Romans 1:11-12 How often do we struggle with...

Wake up

Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top Waking up from a surgery is always disorienting.  Waking up from one that went wrong is terrifying.  I had gone under expecting a routine gall bladder removal.  I woke up unable to speak or swallow after an emergency...

Pilgrim vs. Backpacker

Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top Before arthritis caught up with me, I was an enthusiastic backpacker with a goal of hiking the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one year.  Sadly, that item from my bucket list will not be checked off. ...

North vs. South

Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top I live and worship north of the tunnel, as if that should have some significance here in the Diocese of Bethlehem.  We hear that because Diocesan House is in the “south,”  people in that part of the diocese...

Fire and Rebirth

Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top On my way home from my sister’s house, I pass through a portion of the Lackawanna State Forest that was destroyed by a raging wildfire about a decade ago.  In winter not a sign of life is apparent;  gaunt black...

A Virtual Pilgrimage

Rich Evans St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mountain Top The word pilgrimage is certainly evocative as those of us who have had a chance to focus on its import during this time of diocesan discernment have discovered.  We think of journeys, whether to exotic locales or of...