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Recent Articles in the Messenger Newsletter

05-13-12 "Secret of Lasting Friendship" The Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore
Are you hooked?
Of course not, you say to yourself. But you may be fooling yourself. As someone said “Denial is not a river in Egypt.” Our ability to think we are freer, less dependent, more self-directed, and incapable of being in some kind of “bondage” is li...
Evangelism Doesn't Justify Everything: Beware the Christian Mafia
She waltzed down the aisle in the Crystal Cathedral, pinkish blond locks flowing, arms waving to well-wishers, flowers everywhere, celebrities ready to take part in the wedding ritual. It was Janice Crouch -- hardly a symbol of the demur mother-of-the ...

The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin, Assistant for Pastoral Care and Healing Prayer Ministry

The Rev. Edward T. McNabb, Minister of Worship and Praise Teams

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The Rt. Rev. Alex Dickson, Bishop in Residence for Anglican Essentials

My First Great Lesson in Stewardship
by the Rt. Rev. Alex Dickson In 1951, our four year old son was hit by a truck. Every bone in his body was broken, and he had multiple skull fractures. I prayed fervently for his healing. “Lord, I would do anything to save this little boy”...
A Tribute to Karen Turner
Karen Turner and her husband Corey and their two children are active members of St. Michael’s. Karen has recently completed a breath taking oil painting of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem. It has been placed above the Altar ...
Thank you from Bishop Dickson
Thank You, and God Bless You To the Beloved people of St. Michael’s, Jane and I want to express our deep gratitude to you for your prayers for us during the 10:30 service on the Fourth Sunday in Advent, when I suddenly became unconscious. Whe...
GIC at Bishop Gadsden ~ Reflection by Alex Dickson
Bill and Laura Hewitt brought Bishop Dutta to Bishop Gadsden Retirement Community as part of our GIC Mission Week on Friday at 5:00 p.m. We welcomed the 65 people who had gathered to hear Bishop Dutta, and thanked Jan Beebe, and Martha Ann Heyward fo...
A Green Cross on St. Patrick’s Day
When I wear my purple shirt and a clerical collar, I usually wear a gold cross that was given to me at my Consecration, but this Saturday at the Day of Healing Prayer, I wore a chain of green three leaf clovers because it was St. Patrick’s Day. Eac...

The Rev. J. Hamilton Smith, Jr., Associate for Young Adults and Life Group Leadership

What do you do with all those Christmas Cards?
If you are like the Smith family, we are blessed with what seems like hundreds of Christmas cards in the weeks leading up to Christmas. My wife, Lizzie, always finds a place for them in our home so we can enjoy these greetings from friends and family...
Letter to the Clergy
Dear Rev. Smith: Greetings in the Lord from New York! This is a very belated thank-you note for the excellent service I attended on Sunday Nov. 21 at 6 pm. Linda Wall was very helpful also and got me seated and gave me her phone number. I thought...
6:00 pm Service Reflection on Bishop Nazir-Ali
For whatever reason, I was not at all prepared for what I heard last Sunday night. My wife and I took our seat as usual, with our squirming 3 month old, prepared to “get our fill” for the week. Al took the pulpit and we settled in for the sermo...
It’s a Matter of Time: Exploring Evangelism with Rico Tice
Rico Tice (All Soul’s Langham Place, London) is one of the most well known evangelists in England. He is the author of “Christianity Explored”, an Alpha-like evangelism course anchored in Mark’s Gospel. I wanted to share this May 24th blog...
08-07-11 "How Much Faith is Enough Faith?" The Rev. J. Hamilton Smith, Jr.
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Why Youth Stay in Church When They Grow Up
This article is from The Gospel Coalition Blog (www.thegospelcoalition.org). I think it clearly and convincingly diagnoses the problem of why young people leave the Church after they graduate High School. Please know that St. Michael’s staff long...
Family First in Youth Discipleship and Evangelism
This is another article from the Gospel Coalition Blog (www.thegospelcoalition.org/blog) that cuts right to the heart of what we are trying to do at St. Michael’s. I couldn’t agree with Jon Nielson more. Hamilton+ As a high schoo...
Do Not Neglect the Holy Spirit in Parenting
Here is another great article on parenting from The Gospel Coalition Blog. It is written by Daniel Darling, Senior Pastor of Gages Lake Church in Chicago. I find it to be good news as a parent who desires see his children to love and serve the Lord...
Hamilton Smith- Testimony of Tithing by Faith
I can honestly say that the Lord’s call upon me to tithe was one of the biggest opportunities for spiritual growth in my life. Through it, I have learned to love and trust Jesus more than I thought possible. My wife, Lizzie, and I began to tithe...
5 Ways Established Churches Should Think Like Plants
In an attempt to reach the post-Christian world, many evangelists are starting (“planting”) new churches all over the United States. These new churches are often characterized by their aggressive evangelistic mindset. In this excellent article,...
11-06-11 "What is a Saint?" The Rev. Hamilton J. Smith, Jr.
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New Chapter for Life Group Leadership
There’s a problem with St. Michael’s, and it’s a blessing! The “problem” is that our Life Group Ministry is growing; growing not only in size but in depth. With every month, Life Groups continue to become the backbone, the “heart and s...
A new season for Children’s Ministries
Thank you Jessica! For the past 18 months, we have been blessed to have Jessica Wood as our Children’s Ministries Director. On February 27, 2012, after much discussion and prayer, it was decided that Jessica was no longer called to be the Childr...
04-29-12 "Thinking about the Shepherd's Return" The Rev. J. Hamilton Smith, Jr.
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The Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore, Associate for Transformational Discipleship

Why a Mosque Should Not Be Built at Ground Zero
by the Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore Many reasons have been given for building or not building a mosque within a few blocks of the greatest act of terrorism ever to have occurred on U.S. soil. Even the President has dithered, or so it seems, as to whether this should happen. Where he and I both agree is that the legality of the idea is unquestioned.
Suicide In The Ivy League
Six students at Cornell University, one at the University of Pennsylvania, and one at Yale took their own lives during the past academic year. One was a noted football player, almost certain to be elected captain. Another was a jokester, great student ...
How Tithing Has Changed my Life
by the Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore As a child I was something of a kleptomaniac. Yes, sorry to admit it. I used to steal. Of course it was small change – and I stole mostly from my parents’ “gambling bank” – an old and rather fancy (though out...
A Fun Read in an Election Year
The High Tide of American Conservatism, Davis, Coolidge, and the 1924 Election by Garland S. Tucker, III Were it not that the author of this very time-specific volume is a long-time and dear friend of mine, I would probably not have picked it up at ...
A Surprising Point of Life
Some fifteen years ago the rector of a sleepy Episcopal Church in a leafy, semi-rural part of Western Connecticut, had an experience of Christ that changed his life and ministry. George Crocker awoke to find himself really believing in the Gospel he...
Jesus Wars: Making Sense of the Modern Quest for the Historical Jesus
by the Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore Associated with the Beta: Essential Jesus Course When the United States Supreme Court ruled that prayer was not allowed in our public school system it also ruled that the teaching about religion was perfectly accept...
Getting Focused Introducing a unique ministry to the “hurting coast.”
Independent schools, prep schools, private schools, fee-paying schools – the word used to describe these non-public schools that prepare young people for higher education varies widely. But they all refer to a specific genre in the mix of US educatio...
Away in a Manger: At Christmas, we should remember Christians who are persecuted for their faith.
December 23, 2010 4:00 A.M. National Review Online www.nationalreview.com by Paul Marshall For Christians, Christmas commemorates a time not only of joy, but also of threat. At Jesus’s birth, Herod conspired to kill him and murdered all the ne...
Be a Mentor
Channel surfing the other evening my eye caught sight of – yes – our own Jim Stuckey. He was being interviewed on Tammy McCottry-Brown’s show on Comcast’s Channel 2 about what it was like to be mentored by an older, wiser man and how Jim himsel...
43 Days Hanging Between Heaven and Hell
One man’s bicycle journey across America and the spiritual lessons it taught him. Joseph Martin is a particularly good friend who used to trounce me almost weekly on the tennis courts of Greater Pittsburgh during my years as Dean of Trinity Semi...
The Joy of Teaching
The snow lay all around, and virtually every day I was there more snow came down. On the last day, the temperature warmed enough to create murky slush on the streets. But at least, being away in Ambridge Pennsylvania from January 9-14, I avoided the 20...
A Feast of Good Things: Mere Anglicanism 2011
The heavenly banquet we all look forward to can’t be a whole lot more sumptuous than this year’s menu at Mere Anglicanism. This annual conference, in honor this year of Bishop Allison, offered a hearty spread of truly great things to savor – espe...
One Perfect Day After Another
Try to imagine snow-capped peaks set against a crystal blue sky and glistening pine trees encrusted with weeks of heavy snow and ice - a veritable winter wonderland. Now picture yourself gliding down corduroy-groomed trails on freshly waxed skis with a...
Thriving Christianity
The following article appeared in the American Spectator website and was reposted with permission. I think it is worthy of note. ~ The Rev. Dr. Peter Moore Most secular media in the U.S. imply that the world is largely dividing between resurgent Is...
Sobering Thoughts: On the State of Christianity in America
In the article entitled “Thriving Christianity,” it had some glowing statistics about the growth of global Christianity, especially in the Southern Hemispheres of our world. It also pointed out that the number of self-styled atheists in America has...
“O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” The Roots of Evangelicalism and the Birth of English Hymnody
By: Bryan Hunter The joy of Easter season has now overtaken the gravity of Lent, but if you feel called to persist with a bit of spiritual discipline, here’s an exercise for you (in two parts): (1) Pick up a copy of The Hymnal 1982 (that’s the e...
A Letter from Holly Craighead: A St. Michaelite Seminarian
Greetings fellow St. Michaelites! By now the early spring trees and daffodils have shown their first blooms. It has been a very long winter in Western Pennsylvania, but new life is emerging! Everyday I can feel the prayers being sent from South Ca...
“You’re the vicar who tweets!”
So goes the word on the street around Burscough, a town about 20 miles outside of Liverpool. People are referring to Richard Jones who pastors a growing parish that draws about 420 people to Sunday services. Richard has been visiting St. Michael’s th...
It's Really Human
She was one of those Northeastern society matrons who prided herself on her liberal attitudes, and disdained the conservative zeitgeist in which her inherited money had provided her with a safe cocoon. I can’t remember her name; but it oozed with New...
A Right Sense of Christian Duty: The Rise of Evangelicalism in the 19th-century Protestant Episcopal Church
By Bryan Hunter In the last issue, I offered a brief overview of the birth of Evangelicalism within the Church of England. With such significant players as the Wesley brothers and George Whitefield at the forefront of that movement, one could assume...
This Old House: Lament of a Jilted Lover
It’s been three long years since someone loved me. Back then my prospects seemed so bright. Why they were even vying for my hand, bidding for my affection. Up and up the price went. Well, not exactly; but it felt that way to me. But that was three...
Where does faith come from? Romans 10:9-17
I had a conversation after church with a parishioner about where faith comes from. He told me: “I don’t know why I believe. It all makes no sense that God should become a man, and die for us. It all seems so irrational. But I still believe it.” H...
You take the High Road and I’ll take the Low Road: The Death of Cranmer and the Insurgence of the Tractarians
By Bryan Hunter On 21 March 1556, deposed Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer stood in a niche carved out below the pulpit of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford and delivered his final sermon. He had forwarded an advanced copy o...
A Week To Remember: Tracing the Footsteps of Early Christians Amid the Ruins of Asia Minor and Greece
Swimming in sun-splashed Aegean waters, bargaining in bustling Turkish bazaars, sampling tea and cakes on the lido deck, viewing ancient theatres that held 10,000 Romans built into the side of hills, wading through the hot springs of white-washed Hiera...
My Last Visit With John Stott
June 17, 2001 “There was a man sent from God whose name was John” John the Baptist, to whom the above reference refers, was beheaded by a king in a palace at a relatively young age. John Stott, who I met in January of 1957, spent his final da...
Surprise in Vermont New Light on the ‘Hurting Coast’
A voice from the past called. He’d heard that I was going to be in Vermont on a reading/writing retreat this past summer, and would I come and preach in his newly-formed Anglican church in Burlington? And so it was that I drove north and stayed with ...
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s Lessons on Endurance
After wandering among ancient Roman sites in Asia Minor this past June, where 2000 years ago young churches struggled with the seductive pull of a secular world, I recalled that one of the great lessons of the Book of Revelation where we read about the...
The Importance of the Beta Ministry
We talk regularly about the critical nature of the Alpha ministry as that ministry that helps bring people to an ‘aha’ moment in their relationship with Christ. But Beta of course is that critical next step where we begin to walk as Disciples of ...
Peter Moore - Testimony of Tithing by Faith
“The last part of a man to be converted,” said the famous evangelist D. L. Moody, “is his pocketbook.” “Look in a man’s check book,” said another preacher,“and you will see what that person’s priorities really are.” Fortunately f...
The Enigma that is Turkey
Nothing quite epitomized the enigma that is modern Turkey than something I saw on my stroll through the museum of the Topkapi Palace that sits atop the ancient city of Constantinople. After an obligatory tour of the Sultan’s harem quarters, I emerged...
10-16-2011 "'The Little Engine that Could' Having the Secret of Real Strength" The Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore
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From Folly - Matthew Lock Pridgen’s True Story of Fall and Redemption
When I first listened to Matthew Pridgen tell me his life story I wasn’t quite sure if he was totally sane. His enthusiasm, contagious smile, penetrating eyes, and intense excitement made me wonder if he was still on something as we sat on the second...
Thank You St. Michael’s
Reaching a milestone like a 50th anniversary is an occasion for rejoicing. But big anniversaries are always bittersweet. The fact is that you can’t push water back up above the waterfall. Those years are over, and there will be many fewer of them loo...
Don’t Bite the Apple: Assessing Genius from a Silvery Cloud
The hagiography on Steve Jobs has only just begun. Expect biographies by the truckload, articles in every major news magazine, online tributes and re-runs of speeches. Every thought, feeling, side remark and rumination of this 21st Century genius will ...
Muslim Anti-defamation Laws and Free Speech
Disturbing trends in ostensibly democratic nations are currently threatening our fundamental liberties of free speech. Western nations, intimidated by threats of violence from Islamic radicals, are reevaluating the rights of citizens to criticize the b...
Ambassadors Extraordinaire
While during our fall semester we each think of the call on us to be an “Ambassador for God”, as part of our BETA-level course, we might ponder the witness of two actual ambassadors whose lives have recently broadened my understanding of this call....
Too True to be Good? Tim Tebow and the Media’s Conundrum
I am a football fan, but not a fanatic. I played the game all through high school, but not very well. I was a slow, lumbering right guard who didn’t make his quota of tackles. However, I enjoy watching a good game almost as much as I enjoy the tailga...
BONANZA
Thanks to the entrepreneurial skills and generosity of Michael Lalich, the leader of one of St. Michael’s Life Groups, two shall-we-say more mature members of the congregation, Sykes Wilford and I, got the chance to venture out into South Carolina wa...
Michelangelo’s Pieta Poem by Jay Haug
Slowly, carefully, hand over hand His body lowered down From the cross. Mary reaches toward him, Not knowing whether to assist Or wait to receive it. Casting around for a place, Finally, she sits on Golgotha’s cold stone. Where they lay him...
There He Goes Again! Episcopal Bishop Shelby Spong
Someone once said that “every heresy begins with an inadequate view of sin.” Downplay sin, and you’ll downplay grace. Downplay grace, and you’ll find no need for the Cross and Resurrection of Christ. Downplay them, and you’ll find no need for...
01-15-12 8 & 10:30 am "Why the Crown Sits on Our Heads" The Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore
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Is There Really Reality? Oh Boy What a Troublesome Question
It began in our men’s group that meets in Room 202 of the Belser Building at 7:30 on Wednesday mornings. One guy asked: “How can teachers (who claim to be Christian) just ignore some of the things Jesus said, and come up with crazy reconstructions ...
Tensions in Nigeria And why they should matter to you and me
On Christmas Day 2011, churches were bombed in five Nigerian cities — Madalla, Jos, Kano, Damaturu, and Gadaka — leaving dozens, perhaps hundreds, dead or wounded. The killings were apparently the latest handiwork of the violent Islamist group Boko...
Merry Anglicanism
Or that’s how the Lord Bishop of London referred to it Take this little 2 minute quiz: Did you know…. That the Book of Common Prayer had been translated into 200 languages, including Mohawk, as far back as the 17th and 18th Centuries? Tha...
The Most Unforgettable Person… I Never Knew
Decades ago Reader’s Digest used to have a regular feature column entitled “The Most unforgettable character I ever met.” I loved those articles, and have often thought of who I’d write about if and when the time came. Well it’s come. You al...
Books Worth Reading: For those interested in learning more about mission in general & also the Muslim world
Suggestions by Peter Moore The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin [a masterful apologetic for mission in the modern world] The Message of Mission, Howard Peskett & Vinoth Ramachandra [a very thorough look at the biblical basis ...
Preachers’ Preachers ~ Reflection on GIC by Peter Moore
Ravi Zacharias and Barry Black are what are called “preachers’ preachers.” They are the kind of preachers other preachers like to listen to. And, of course, laity love to listen to them also. Refreshingly humble, disarmingly direct, hilariousl...
When Children Go Astray A Beloved Bishop and His Wife are Murdered
The Anglican world was rocked a couple of weeks ago with the brutal murder of one of its more outspoken and faithful bishops. On Sunday February 26th Bishop Robinson Cavalcanti of Recife, Brazil and his wife Miriam were murdered by their 29 year-old ad...
Vandy and the HHS: Taking a Fresh Look at Religious Liberty
We are all aware of the recent ruling of the Health and Human Services that all non-exempt private health insurance plans must provide coverage for all FDA approved contraception methods, sterilization, counseling and education. Even though the Preside...
Roadmap for the Journey: Charting your course, getting your bearings
You know what to say to someone who asks you: “Have you been saved?” Depending on their facial expression and attitude, you either want to punch them in the face, or politely respond, as one famous Anglican bishop did: “Do you mean ‘was I saved...
Nearing the End as a Trinity Seminarian- by Holly Craighead
This past week has been Reading Week, dedicated to writing papers. Most of the campus is quiet, save for the few one finds in the library. This past Wednesday, I went out into my garden to search for new life emerging from the perennial bed planted...
Canterbury to Bid Adieu: The A.B.C. Throws in the Sponge
Saying that he hopes that his successor has the constitution of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros. Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, will resign at the end of this year and return to academics. He will become the Master of Magdalene ...
BUY THIS BOOK! Beyond the Flaming Sword: Poems of Life between Eden and the Cross by Jay Haug
OK, you are not a reader of poetry. Neither am I. I almost never pick up a book of poetry and begin reading. I hated reading poetry in literature class at college. I’ve never written more than a few lines of doggerel to celebrate this occasion or tha...
Starry Nights over Switzerland and the Rhone Riverway: Exploring the roots of Huguenot France
In just over a year, we will have the opportunity to explore an absolutely lovely part of Europe while digging into some of the great moments of the past. Religion, history, art and wine will all combine to make this the adventure of a lifetime. &nb...
Titanic: Victims and Villains - Revisiting the worst sea disaster in history 100 years later
Of the writing of books and making of movies about the sinking of the Titanic there seems to be no end. As the world remembers this horrific tragedy 100 years later, it seems right to revisit it once again if for no other reason than to lay certain gho...
MY FIRST VISIT TO GOOSE CREEK
They came in carriages, men in powdered wigs, ladies in lace and satin, down the shady lane to the parish church of St. James – located near enough to Charles Towne Landing to be safe from Indian attacks, and yet close to plantations in the area. Ver...
WHERE DO YOU GO – When you’ve really blown it? Reflections on the life and witness of Chuck Colson
You go to a friend’s house, of course. With the debacle of Watergate hanging over his neck, with the public outraged at the Nixon administration he served so loyally as a hatchet man, with a prison sentence looming over him on the horizon, Chuck Cols...
05-13-12 "Secret of Lasting Friendship" The Rev. Dr. Peter C. Moore

The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin, Assistant for Pastoral Care and Healing Prayer Ministry

The Rev. Kris Coppinger
As part of our Pastoral Care Ministry, we are sensitive to the members of St. Michael’s who are serving in the military, or who have relatives serving in the military. Please send me a note or an email if you know of any military member or family who...
Charles (Charlie) C. Baldwin
The charm of the Lowcountry has drawn many to this area, and Charleston is indeed fortunate that retired Air Force Major General Charlie Baldwin and his wife Anne are among them. How they landed in Charleston makes a good story. Son of an Air Force ...
Tithing Became a Blessing as We Traveled Around the World
I became a Second Lieutenant on June 4th and married on June 5th. From the start, Anne and I committed our home to the Lord. It was easy to determine that “building a Christian home” meant giving our money to the Lord. I’m not sure that we ...
Healing Prayer Time Thursdays, 10:30 AM
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together.” (Hebrews 10: 24-25a) There is a time for anyone in need of prayer to join our Prayer Ministers for another holy moment ...
Reflection on the Day of Healing Prayer
“The Spirit of the Lord was palpable that day”, one person said of our last Day of Healing Prayer on January 29th. It truly was an amazing day when one could feel the Presence of the Lord and many were touched and healing by the Spirit of the Liv...
Thank You So Much, Gretchen! Welcome, Kimmy!
We are so grateful for the wonderful ministry that Gretchen Sosnowski has given as the Assistant to the Clergy. She now holds the record for “most phone calls per week” at St. Michael’s. It was never just “finding the volunteers” for Gret...
Pastoral Care Ministry Grows
On Sunday, May 22nd, we celebrated the completion of two courses that will enrich the lives of our St. Michael’s family. Seven people completed the course to prepare them to serve as Stephen Ministers, and 34 people completed the International Orde...
07-31-11 "Turning Bad Days into a Banquet" The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin
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08-14-11 "The Unexpected Miracle" The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin
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09-04-2011 "Beautifully Made, Dealer's Choice, Unlimited Warranty" The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin
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10-23-11 "One" The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin
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The Rev. Charles Baldwin - Reflection on Ukraine Healing Mission 2011
“Pure and undefiled religion is this...to visit orphans” (James 1:27a) A story; a blessing; a Bible; and a piece of candy. It wasn’t just any story, it was the Gospel story. The 130 orphans were born after the “Communist Era”, but the...
Day of Healing Prayer Reflection
I was a little concerned that the “subject” of the day would keep people away. Will anyone come to a Day of Prayer about “Addiction”? Even though we tried to advertise “broadly”, saying “addiction can be a lot of things”, I wondered...
11-20-11 "The Waltons - 'John Boy, Where are You?'" The Rev. Charles C. Baldwin
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Welcome David Booman
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Lord. It is with the greatest joy that I take this opportunity to introduce myself and share a little bit about my journey to St. Michael’s. I was born on the fro...
Day of Healing Prayer Reflections
Less than three weeks after coming on board to be the new assistant for pastoral chaplaincy and healing prayer, I was privileged to be part of St. Michael’s 45th Day of Healing Prayer, led by Fr. Al Zadig, Jean Corbett, Fr. Ted McNabb, and a special...
Ordination Reflection
For the past few years, as I have looked back over the course of my life, I have felt that three days in particular might qualify for the “Greatest Day of My Life” category: (1) the day Caity and I became engaged (2) the day we were married (3) the...

The Rev. Edward T. McNabb, Minister of Worship and Praise Teams

Praise Team Ascends
by the Rev. Ted McNabb “OK, why are you guys way up there now? Can’t see you like we used to!” There are several very good reasons why the Praise Team for the 6:00 Contemporary Service has moved its leadership headquarters to the northeast corner of the balcony.
“I Can’t Sing… So Why Should I?”
How many times have I heard this one over the decades I’ve been leading worship music! In every congregation on Sunday mornings while worship songs are being sung I look around and see a number of people, men mostly, standing with mouths clamped sh...
Morning Prayer at St. Michael’s: A Slight Adjustment
Let me “cut to the chase” first, then I’ll give you a little background in case you’re interested. In 2011 we are going to move the placement of the sermon in the Morning Prayer service at 10:30. Until now the sermon has been placed at the...
The Most Important Week of The Year: A Reflection from The New Guy
by the Rev. Ted McNabb Being an Episcopalian all my life and now with thirty three years of ordained ministry under my belt, in terms of the Anglican vision for Holy Week and the liturgy that honors it I’m an old hand. But in terms of walking th...
The Unconquerable Cross
The big wooden cross is striking when viewed against the backdrop of Charleston harbor. It is placed by First Baptist Church at the apex of the walkway that runs the length of the Battery wall a few days before Easter in anticipation of the Sunrise S...
07-17-11 "Holy Gardening" The Rev. Edward T. McNabb, Jr.
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Gifts For Worship
After a ten year hiatus I’m starting again to work on lyric and song composition. It’s slow going. But, then, it’s always been that way for me. My point in beginning my article this way is, really, to say thank you. Through my being given...
A Way of Life
For me (and I know I speak for Annetta as well) the most important conversion in our approach to church stewardship was not tithing. It was having our spiritual eyesight healed to the point where we realized stewardship is not really a “segment” ...
Commentary on O Search oh My God
Rob McRae and I have been encouraging one another to find ways to break back into old creative territory. For me that would mean the realm of lyric writing. As I mentioned in my last article (Gifts For Worship), the reentry point for me in the writ...
01-01-12 " In the Name of Jesus" The Rev. Edward T. McNabb, Jr.
Things Don't "Just Happen"
The thing about a routine (whether it’s a good routine or a bad habit) is that after a while they become so woven into the fabric of your experience that you tend not to notice them anymore. It gives the impression that things happen because they a...
04-22-12 "Easter In The Present Tense" The Rev. Edward T. McNabb, Jr.
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