Today starts a new journey for me, and I humbly ask for your prayers as I begin it. This path goes back more than two years, to a lunch I had with our priest and my spiritual director, Fr. John Toles, from St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, in Enid, Okla. I had been visiting with Fr. … Continue reading And so it begins — Aspirancy to Holy Orders
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The call to ordination, and to the grace of the Eucharist
I am always fascinated by the story of how clergy came to discern and surrender to the call to ministry. Some are more inspiring than others, and this one, written after the ordination of Rev. Janie Koch in the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, was particularly so to me, especially in her explanation of the meaning … Continue reading The call to ordination, and to the grace of the Eucharist