Full St. Nick's News for May 9, 2025 Dear Friends, One of my favorite churches, and one that inspires me greatly is St. Paul's Anglican Church in Auckland, New Zealand. They are beautifully creative and have empowered and sustained lay persons to…
Full St. Nick's News for May 2, 2025 Dear Friends - This Sunday, we’ll read John 21:1–19, a post-resurrection story set beside the Sea of Tiberias. The disciples have returned to what they know—fishing. It’s not glamorous. It’s not heroic.…
Full St. Nick's News for April 25, 2025 Dear Friends - Holy Week at St. Nicholas Hill Country Episcopal Church was a beautiful tapestry woven with worship, community, service, and joy. From the waving palms of Palm Sunday, through the…
Full St. Nick's News for April 17, 2025 Dear Friends - There are weeks—and then there is Holy Week. This is the week that tells the truth about the human heart. It tells the truth about power, about betrayal, about…
Full St. Nick's News for April 4, 2025 Last weekend, while caring for my dad in the hospital, I had a moment that left a lasting impression. An elderly woman was struggling to open a door, balancing her cane and…
Full St. Nick's News for March 28, 2025 Dear Friends, Holy Week is the heart of the Christian year—a time when we slow down to walk with Jesus from the shouts of "Hosanna!" on Palm Sunday to the quiet intimacy…
Full St. Nick's News for March 21, 2025 Dear Friends, “The only way to make a friend,” writes Barbara Brown Taylor, “is to be one.” In this season of new beginnings, we’re leaning into the spiritual habit of holy friendship—showing…
Full St. Nick's News for March 14, 2025 Dear Friends, Today, Friday and tomorrow, Jeremy and I are in McAllen for the consecration of the Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas. She, God willing, will become our Bishop Suffragan in the Diocese…
Full St. Nick's News for March 7, 2025 Dear Friends, This week we entered the season of Lent. It has been a full and beautiful week with our teens leading and cooking for us at the Pancake Supper this past…
Full St. Nick's News for February 28, 2025 Dear Friends, Last week we celebrated a glorious milestone of becoming a Mission church in the Diocese of West Texas at our 121st Diocesan Council! You were well represented by 52 of…