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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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We approach Lent in the church, leading to Holy Week, the week of the passion of the Christ. The last vestiges of our revelry are swept up from our indifferent streets by the underpaid working overtime. Revelry has its costs. And then in sober solemnity we acknowledge what we’ve knownRead More →