Category: Travel
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New, Temporary Haven
I’ve not made it a secret that I don’t much like Northern Virginia. Mostly because one almost has to drive to get anywhere, and the traffic is as bad as any place I’ve traveled stateside except maybe Chicago. So it feels very good to be in new, albeit temporary, environs after my second year of…
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Little Rock…Rocks
So, I was in Little Rock this past weekend preaching at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. What a thoroughly lovely parish and a fun experience. If you ever get to Little Rock, definitely check out Whole Hog; it had been far too long since I had real barbecue. Anyway, here’s the sermon I preached on Romans…
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Buona sera da Roma
Well, I’ve been traveling for about a week and have seen a lot of Italy that I didn’t catch on my previous trip. My classmate and I stayed near Sorrento and saw some of the sights in Naples (yuck), Pompei (extensive and relatively pristine), Capri (touristy but stunning), the Amalfi Coast (a tough drive and…
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King Jed
I’m in Media, PA, visiting my friends Adam Kradel (Rector of Christ Church, Media) and Melissa Wilcox (former chaplain at St. Francis House). And this is their youngest son, Josiah. I just had to share. In case you’re keeping score at home: After meeting the vestry of my new field ed parish outside of Baltimore…
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Travel Day: Harlem to VTS, Via Media
Navigate past vesting choir members to leave apartment at St. Mary’s, Harlem, (126th between Amsterdam and Broadway) at 10 a.m. Take southbound C train to 34th. Walk to Madison Square Garden to get in line for Megabus. [Romantic interlude.] Take Megabus to 30th Street Station, Philadelphia. Take R3 SEPTA train to Media, PA. Walk to…
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Traveling, Traveling
Two interesting travel stories (of a sort) caught my eye in this morning’s NYT. The first was one of those periodic road trip accounts that you see now and then and that tend to be pretty entertaining. I love the minivan angle–timely and practical, I thought. Made the notion of the cross-country road trip seem…