Coping with Change

Over 30 years ago we were at an Inn in New Hampshire with a group of people who were deciding if this would be a good property for us to purchase and undertake as a retreat center. There were many issues to be dealt with and we were not all on the same page regarding...

Seeing Through a Brick Wall in Time

There is a moment in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings when Frodo Baggins calls the innkeeper of The Prancing Pony, Barliman Butterbur, stupid. Butterbur forgot to deliver a crucial message at a crucial moment, costing the party much time and danger, and the...

Now Introducing: Our New Junior Warden!

Dear Christ the Redeemer Family, During my first year as Senior Warden, one of my greatest privileges has been getting to know the members of our parish better. I continue to be amazed by the incredible disciples of Christ that the Lord has brought to Christ the...

Wholeness and Archbishop Michael

When I was really getting my teeth into the importance of the incarnation, I happened upon this interview of Archbishop Michael Ramsey (b. 1904). (You might remember that, when Bishop Bill was here for the Triduum, he taught on Archbishop Michael.) Anyway, I saved it,...