Author name: Chris

I’ve never written a biography, though they are my favorite reading. It’s hard work. You can’t get creative with a […]

I’m not good at using “links” but when I get referred to as “an expert on Episcopal Church polity” it

I went out to plant some broccoli and dug the shovel in and hit a rock. This is, after all,

Hours spent doing research can produce any number of interesting – if useless – pieces of information. Let me pass

Last week there was a new story about a woman who is suing a tobacco company because her husband died

Snowdrops and crocuses are lovely to look at but certain signs of spring bring certain tasks to the fore. Is

Let me get this straight: the latest attack on the President’s program tells us he is trying to take too

I can go for months, even years, without worrying much about cousins, but suddenly cousins are impinging. It was almost

San Francisco is an unlikely city at best. Pasted in as an afterthought between the a broad bay and the

Thirty years ago the Episcopal Church adopted a new Prayer Book that encouraged congregations to sing the psalms. Most congregations