Writing

There are moments in the life of the Church that feel less like events and more like thresholds, spaces where time slows, where heaven seems to press a little closer to earth, and where we are invited not just to remember the story of Christ, but to walk within it. Holy Week at St. Columba’s Inverness, CA is one of those moments. This year, I had the profound privilege of serving as Deacon for the full arc of the Triduum, from Palm Sunday through the first Alleluias of Easter

It has been a little while since I last wrote here. Life has been full in the way that stretches time—travel, ministry, important conversations about upcoming transitions. But as we begin to turn the corner into spring, I find myself returning here, at the threshold of something. We are nearing the end of Lent. Just one week remains before we step into Holy Week, where we will walk with Christ through his passion, his death, and—eventually—his resurrection. But we are not the

Standing at the Threshold of Lent As we approach Ash Wednesday, we find ourselves standing at a threshold. The season of Epiphany has invited us to see, to notice who Christ is and how he is revealed among us. But Lent invites something different. It invites us not just to see, but to listen. Not just to observe Christ’s glory, but to follow him down the mountain and into the deeper work of transformation. Lent is often misunderstood as a season of spiritual self-improvement,