A Message from Fr. Caleb Dearly transfigured people of God, We are entering the season of Advent this Sunday, the First Sunday of Advent. Perhaps, like me, you’ve searched through your closets for the Advent wreath and tree. I have my tree up with lights in the living room and my Advent wreath in the kitchen….
A Message from Fr. Caleb Dearly transfigured people, This week we celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Our Canadian members celebrated Thanksgiving on October 9th. On Thanksgiving Day, we are intentional about giving thanks for God’s blessings in our lives. I want to share a story about giving thanks and our faith in Christ. When…
A Message from Fr. Caleb Dear Transfiguration Family: I am writing to you from Chapel Rock in Prescott. Chapel Rock is an Episcopal Camp Community that lives into our calling to be a place of refuge, hospitality, and learning for the world. As I am sitting here for the Monastic Retreat, I am absorbing the quietude…
A Message from Fr. Caleb Matthew 25:13 – “Keep awake therefore, for you know neitherthe day nor the hour.” Dear Transfiguration Community: In this week’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that the second coming of Christ is unexpected and that none of us can know the day or the hour. First, that warns us that we are…
A Message from Fr. Caleb Dear saints of the Lord, Happy All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days! This is one of my favorite times of the year and is my third favorite Christian holiday season after Easter and Christmas. Wait? Is Halloween a Christian holiday? Yes, it sure is and, as with Christmas and Easter, the…
A Message from Fr. Caleb Dear friends of the Church of the Transfiguration, Last week, we attended Diocesan Convention and heard from both our Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Jennifer Reddall, and the Rev. Deborah Hutterer, the Bishop for the Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The Episcopal Church is in Full…
A Message from Fr. Caleb 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those…
A Message from Fr. Caleb Dear Transfiguration Community: Psalm 106:23 “So he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath from consuming them.” In this Psalm, the psalmist is both lamenting the sins of Israel, God’s chosen people. As Christians, Israel represents both the literal…
A Message from Fr. John Caleb Dear disciples of Jesus at Transfiguration, This week The Episcopal Church joins many others in remembering St. Francis of Assisi whose life of service and charity has inspired many to pursue monastic life or to pursue social justice on behalf of Christ. To commemorate his memory we are going to…
A Message from Fr. John Caleb Dear friends of Transfiguration, This week’s Gospel calls us to pay intention on the intent of the heart rather than on the words we may say on the outside. In Matthew 21:23-32, Jesus compares God once again to a landowner and the kingdom of God to the vineyard. In this…
