A Gracious Rain and bishop - each with

and bishop - each with its own distinctive characteristics and responsibilities

and communion

as an orientation toward transcendent mystery

Be Yourself and Begin with Where You Are

the husband of the author

A Gracious Rain and bishop - each withUsing the Collects (opening prayers) for each Sunday and major feast day of the church year (including Christmas, Epiphany, and the days of Holy Week and Easter Week), the author offers a brief (one page), anecdotal meditation on the relationship of the prayer's and season's theme to the realities of life. Beginning with the First Sunday of Advent, Richard Schmidt takes the reader on a journey through the church year as he reflects on the mystery and