Thoughts from Lori I bring you greetings from Bishop Lee and the 177th Convention of the Diocese of Chicago, which met last Friday and Saturday in Lombard. Our delegates were Deb Lang, Kathy Biggerstaff, Bill McLemore, and myself. We took care of the business of the...

WE EXTEND OUR SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS to Phyllis Mueller and her family upon the death of her brother, Howard. The service to mourn his death and celebrate his life will be Thursday, November 20, 2014 at The Presbyterian Church of Morris, Illinois, at 11 o'clock in the...

Thoughts from Lori It's only two weeks until Thanksgiving! That seems incredible to me, but I guess that's partly because I lost half of October traipsing around the country between here and Georgia and Florida and back. I'm still trying to catch my breath and make...

Thoughts from Lori + It's good to be home! We left McHenry three weeks ago while the leaves were still colorful, drove south where they had barely started to turn, and returned (as we expected) to bare trees! It is, after all, November in Illinois. Three weeks felt...

Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour on November 2nd! The Rector will be Away October 15 - November 5 Bill and I will be away for three weeks beginning October 15th. We'll be visiting family, taking part in the 150th anniversary of my former parish, squeezing in a...

The Rector will be Away October 15 - November 5 Bill and I will be away for three weeks beginning October 15th. We'll be visiting family, taking part in the 150th anniversary of my former parish, squeezing in a few days on the Gulf Coast, and presiding at a wedding...

The Rector will be Away October 15 - November 5 Bill and I will be away for three weeks beginning October 15th. We'll be visiting family, taking part in the 150th anniversary of my former parish, squeezing in a few days on the Gulf Coast, and presiding at a wedding...

Thoughts from Lori + On Lesser Feasts and Saints From the calendar of saints days, October 10th is the remembrance of Vida Dutton Scudder, "Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954." She was born in 1861 to Congregationalist missionaries in India. She and her mother were...

Men's Breakfast Saturday, October 4th at 8:00 a.m. All men of the parish (and their friends) are invited to share breakfast and conversation at Kim & Patty's. Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Sunday afternoon at 3pm October 5, 2014 Rain or Shine On...

Thoughts from Lori + I enjoyed writing about Constance and Her Companions, Martyrs of Memphis, last week (see The ePistle for September 10, 2014). For many years, I presided at a mid-week Eucharist and would give a short, informal homily on one of the saints...

Thoughts from Lori + Today, September 9th, as I reflect and write, it is the feast day for Constance and Her Companions, "The Martyrs of Memphis." But before I describe these women and why we remember them, I should probably explain what I mean by "feast day." In...

Men's Breakfast Saturday, September 6 at 8:00 a.m. All men of the parish (and their friends) are invited to share breakfast and conversation at Kim & Patty's. Thoughts from Lori + It's September! And even if we hit 90° this week, it already feels like fall to me,...