Normally when I see a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) catch a fish, it is a grab-and-go affair. The eagle reaches out with extended talons, …
Swamped eagle
Swamped eagle by Mike Powell
Author Archives: Roger Hovis
The Gospel of Progress – and the New Jerusalem by Fr Freeman
American fans of Monty Python will be familiar with the opening lines of William Blake’s poem, “Jerusalem” (and I apologize to my British readers for…
The Gospel of Progress – and the New Jerusalem
Kingfisher and fish
As I was exploring in Huntley Meadows Park last Friday, I heard the unmistakeable rattling call of a kingfisher. After a bit of searching, I located …
Kingfisher and fish
Museums, Churches, and My Back Yard
A great cry went up from Orthodox throats across the globe earlier this year when the Turkish government repurposed Hagia Sophia from museum to …
Museums, Churches, and My Back Yard
Lessons from a Yogi-Preacher: Strength, Flexibility, Balance and Stillness
I’ve been practicing yoga since 2007, when the demands of a growing church were stressful. We were in a building planning process at Trinity UMC, …
Lessons from a Yogi-Preacher: Strength, Flexibility, Balance and Stillness
Seeds from Different Worlds by Fr Freeman
God took seeds from different worlds and sowed them on this earth, and His garden grew, and everything came up that could come up, but all growing …
Seeds from Different Worlds
Grace Enough
Some years ago I was in hospital for a time and not in the least bit happy about it. One sleepless night I was walking the halls of the unit, unable …
Grace Enough
Every Generation
In my childhood, it was not unusual to hear someone ask, “Who are your people?” It was a semi-polite, Southernism designed to elicit essential …
Every Generation
Praying God Within Us
As a follow up to my last post (God Within Us), I offer this ancient prayer. Most people are probably familiar with it, and some may very well use it…
Praying God Within Us
Words As Icons
Creation has a sacramental purpose: it reveals God. For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that …
Words As Icons
