“Developer” and “lawyer” are NOT bad words and it saddens me to hear those words used that way. A reflection by Danny Nelson Schweers for August 24, 2025. I think of Chris White, who was both lawyer and developer. As a lawyer, he worked for Community Legal Aid Society, which offers free legal assistance to […]| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
The best art, the best writing, opens up a world to the one who looks, to the one who reads. The medium carries the message but the message is something other than daubs of paint on a canvas or an alphabet arranged into words and paragraphs. A reflection by Danny Nelson Schweers for Sunday, July READ MORE »| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
What makes a place feel like home? Something more than familiarity. There is a relaxing connection, a letting go of tension, feeling comfortable and safe and something more: a resonance, a connection.| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
It must be a great disappointment to God, says Mary Oliver, if we are not dazzled at least ten times a day.| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
The world has never had it so good. By many indicators — energy use, life expectancy, income, education, communications, fewer deaths due to warfare, etc. — more people have better lives today than ever before. We have so much to be thankful for!| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
So much to do and nobody else is going to do it. It is up to me. The other eight billion people on the planet have other plans.| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
Everyone wants to fit in. Everyone wants to stand out. In. Out. In. Out. We are all dancing.| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)
These words — Be afraid. Be VERY afraid — are usually said in jest. Usually.| Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew (SsAM)