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A few months back, “church geek” that I am, I was perusing through some parish newsletters from around the diocese when I came across an article mentioning a book titled, The Ultimate Quest: A Geek’s Guide to (...

Doesn’t Jesus turning water into wine feel like a pop culture miracle? Is there any other miracle where it’s just about having a good time at a party? You’ve been there. At a party and someone needs to make a b...

The Most Rev Bishop Michael Curry, primate of the Episcopal Church, gives an address during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, May 19, 20...

In the beginning, there was Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley. Even before these innovators of rock and roll, there were other voices calling out in the wilderness. Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Ji...

The first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is unforgettable to all Buffy fans. It’s sort of like “Where were you when JFK was shot?” The first show opens at night with a young couple breaking into a closed a...

Pete Seeger. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. PETE SEEGER Musical artist Bruce Springsteen is quoted as citing singer and social activist Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flower'...

“You know, it seems to me that there is so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe if you look hard, there are more wonders than you could have dreamed of.” – The Doctor When I...

Each October, magical folk throughout eastern Columbus arrive by Floo-powder, portkey or merely apparate to the “All Saints School of Theology and Wizardry” in New Albany, Ohio. In this highly themed, imaginati...

I’m not sure if I’m right about this, but I think I am. If you thumb through “Holy Women, Holy Men,” which is, at the risk of oversimplifying, the Episcopal Church’s version of the veneration of saints (some we...