Emmanuel Virtual Easter Hymn Sing! Alleluia!

A Musical Message from The Music Director & Seminarian Emmanuel Friends, In an effort to continue worshipping together, I would … More

There Was a Man Born Blind

A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent The Rev. Charles C. McCoart, Jr. March 22, 2020 There Was A … More

Jesus wept.

A Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Lent March 29, 2020 One of my favorite books is Gospel.  No, not the gospels … More

Fortify, a 40-Day Mixtape for Lent

Lent is the purple penitential season. A forty day walk in the wilderness. It begins with a call to repentance and … More

Rattling Beads & Grounding Souls

In times like these, when we feel the world reeling and careening out of control, prayer can help to keep … More

Fly Me to the Moon & Let Me Sing Among the Stars

I remember Ash Wednesdays at my old parochial school, Holy Family. In the smoky incense-soaked church, Father So-and-So would smear … More

Pregnant with Possibility

Once upon an Advent, I became an Anglican. Year’s end of 1984, to be exact. Raised Roman Catholic and having … More

Waiting Rooms: Poetry, Scripture & Icons for Advent

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.  — Lamentations 3:25 Introduction So … More

The Unreachable, Incorrigible, but Ultimately Teachable People of God

With the threat of Babylon breathing down his people’s back, the prophet Jeremiah comes out swinging: For my people are … More

Preaching — a Heartbeat away from Washington, D.C.

I am proud of my heritage and fond of telling visitors on my tours at the Library of Congress, that … More