Jim Flowers (Page 36)

There is a lot of conversation these days around All Saints, and I suspect elsewhere, or at least, I hope so, about whether or not it is appropriate for the church to engage in matters of politics. So now that we are entering another election cycle, I think it isRead More →

This past Tuesday we held the memorial service for Laura Worsham. As long as I had known Laura, life for her was a struggle. She had a peculiar liver condition that often caused her pain that would disable her from a normal routine; and then just a few years agoRead More →

I tell my clergy colleagues that I am incredibly lucky to be at All Saints. I am allowed to be as authentic as much as I am able to be. It is a gift I cherish; and that gift is astonishingly rare. That is particularly true when it comes toRead More →

You have heard me say it many times…. and I heard it again just yesterday: “I’m not into the church thing, but if I were, I would go to All Saints.”Oh, if I had a nickle for every time I heard that. And then there are those who say, “I’mRead More →

Last night a sweet Spirit descended upon All Saints Church…. not so much sweet, but powerful and pervasive and moving. Last night we hosted the Jackson State Concert Chorale from Jackson State University, an historically Black university in Jackson Mississippi. It all happened by accident really. Carl Cunningham, a professorRead More →