Wending our way

Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions Who holds our souls in life, and will not allow our feet to slip. Psalm 66:8 In the darkness I hear the sound of tires on the wet street as people who have already begun their day commute to work or...

Multitude

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time forth for evermore. Psalm 121:8 “And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host,” the...

A trace of the holy

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions You trace my journeys and my resting-places and are acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:2 In the moment before I scrape off the windshield, I notice the intricate patterns in the frost. I...

Laying aside burdens

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:11 “You need to take something off your plate,” my wise friend tells me in what is perhaps the understatement of...

Wild creature of God

The Rev. Canon Anne E. Kitch Canon for Ministry Formation and Transitions I know every bird in the sky, and the creatures of the fields are in my sight. Psalm 50:11 I know the creature’s presence by the rustling in the bushes. Squirrel? Bird? Chipmunk? I stop, letting...