Great Sermon! Now, How About My Carburetor?

Most everybody in Moscow, Pennsylvania, knows Father Earl Trygar. At some point or another he’s probably had his head under the hood of one of their cars. Plus, about 40 of them hear him preach and sing the Eucharist at St. Mark’s Church every Sunday morning. It makes...

Saying Yes: Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering

Bethlehem’s emergency shelter program is a lifesaver — and not just for those who are  homeless. “It transformed our congregation almost overnight,” said the Rev. T. Scott Allen, rector of St. Andrew’s, one of three Episcopal churches that helped found the emergency...

Listening Report Released

Last spring, the diocese asked the Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Johnson of the Episcopal Moment consulting firm to conduct a “listening process” as the 17-year episcopacy of Bishop Paul Marshall came to an end. In a letter to the diocese in July, the Standing Committee described...

Standing on Holy Ground at Church of the Mediator

Last November, a member of our new neighborhood choir, a soft-spoken girl of about nine, stood next to me as we looked at the small altar of remembrance in the entry of Church of the Mediator in Allentown, where I am the missioner. Parishioners had been invited to...