South African Spring
Life south of the equator is in spring today. South Africa still needs so much more to to be in the full flower of summer. But the view of Table Mountain from my hotel,...
Author: Fr Matthew+
Next stop Amsterdam… then Cape Town
And so begins our trip with the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program. We’re flying to South Africa today for a pilgrimage of pain and hope. We’ll be spending the next two weeks meeting with friends...
Striving for Justice and Peace in Migration
Originally published February, 2014 on the website of Province V of The Episcopal Church. This was a reflection on my painful pilgrimage to Tijuana in 2013 with Cohort 3 of the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program. mc+...
Jesus, Martin Luther King and Sunday Gospel: Stars Aligned
“Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well-timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation.” ~MLK, Letter from a Birmingham...
Who is my sister? Who is my brother?
“A wandering Aramean was my ancestor” Dt 26:5 “Take your child and flee to Egypt” Mt 2:13 “If the immigrant is not your brother/sister then God is not your father.” Bp Scalabrini c. 1887...
Crossing the Border
“The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, ” from Psalm 97, our psalm appointed for the day. Mountains are often borders. How will these melt?
Crossing the Border
“The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, ” from Psalm 97, our psalm appointed for the day. Mountains are often borders. How will these melt?
