Reflection • Timothy Schmalz’s Homeless Jesus challenges Christians to recognize Christ in the poor, exposing society’s tendency to hide poverty. Drawing on Luke 16 and Sam Wells, the essay argues discipleship requires not only serving others but also sharing life with them.
Originally published in Words of Grace, Grace Church Cathedral, (Charleston, South Carolina), June 2026.
This video introduces how to pray the Daily Office using the Book of Common Prayer. It explains the lectionary, liturgical calendar, and two-year cycle, then walks through Morning and Evening Prayer readings. It also reflects on the Daily Office’s flexibility and enduring value for personal and shared devotion.
This video introduces the liturgical year as a sacred pattern shaped by the life of Christ. Covering its major seasons, it explains the Christian calendar’s history, meaning, and structure, with attention to Easter, the Book of Common Prayer, and Anglican tradition.
What happens when a pilgrimage to Israel is suddenly interrupted by war? In this video, I share my experience of traveling in Israel during a time of conflict and making the difficult journey home by land through Egypt after air travel was disrupted. What began as a Holy Land pilgrimage became a deeper lesson in faith, vulnerability, and the meaning of shalom.
This video follows the road from Tiberias to Eilat, Israel, on March 1, 2026, as I traveled south to leave the country after the regional escalation that followed the February 28 U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, the subsequent missile attacks, and the closure of Israeli airspace.
This video captures the changing landscape from Taba to Cairo, Egypt: Highway 50 along the Gulf of Aqaba, the Sinai Mountains, the Saint Catherine–Nuweiba Road, the passage beneath the Suez Canal, and the long approach into Cairo.
James B. Janknegt’s The Two Sons retells Luke 15 in contemporary imagery and brings the older brother to the foreground. This video shows how the painting reframes the Prodigal Son as a test of grace, resentment, and reconciliation for those still in the father’s house.
Gayle L. Goudy 