By The Rev. Anne Michele Turner, Bridge Interim Rector Genesis 21:8-21 Every so often, I hear people talking with a certain nostalgia about biblical family values.  Clearly, those people have not read the book of Genesis. All summer long, we are going to hear stories from this first book of the bible, stories of the […]

By The Rev. Anne Michele Turner, Bridge Interim Rector Matthew 28:16-20 This week, I was introduced to the idea of quantum entanglement.  It’s a concept in physics, which says that two things are linked—they are entangled—when they are correlated at their most fundamental level.  The state of one thing cannot be described independently of the […]

By The Rev. Anne Michele Turner, Bridge Interim Rector Acts 2:1-21 For years, I have felt let down by Pentecost.  It’s not for lack of trying: I have celebrated all the traditions that modern parishes celebrate.  I have worn red.  I have heard about the Parthians and the Medes and the Elamites in French and […]

By The Rev. Anne Michele Turner, Bridge Interim Rector Acts 1:6-14 My grandmother used to tell me that I was going to write the Great American Novel.  Back in high school, my fingers were always stained with fountain pen ink, and I carried around half finished stories in my backpack.  I was editor of the […]