Father Jake Stops the World

In 1968, I was fourteen years old and stuck in Skipworth Juvenile Hall in Eugene, Oregon.  At first the clean sheets and hot  meals were a r...

I wore a mask last week when I took the Harley out.  A short ride, with no stops.  In the midst of this pandemic, my wife and I are being ca...

I have not checked my email or chanted a word for two weeks.  I am on vacation, which will conclude with my official retirement on March 1. ...

The IRD appears to be a major factor in the Methodists passing the Traditional Plan . Imagine that.  You folks recall the IRD? They are ...

I’ve been thinking about another story today that is drawn from about twenty-five years ago, when I was a fairly new priest. I was very ent...

When I was fifteen, I ran away from a foster home and hitchiked from Oregon to California.  I was born and raise in California, so in my min...

I'm listening carefully about proposals for new gun laws. Perhaps my experience with firearms is too unusual to make a solid argument o...

I posted this on Facebook, but then realized there were too many people who would scream bloody murder, so deleted it 2 minutes later.  Damn...

I've been reading the many reactions to the latest Primates Meeting.  Since I've "retired" from being a blogger, and am en...

Received this in my inbox today.  Passing it on: I'm sort of reaching out to the old Fr. Jake's / Episco-blogging crowd here… ...

From here: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and on those in the tombs bestowing life! Alleluia! This websit...

The Rev. Bruce Shipman has resigned : Rev. Bruce Shipman resigned from his post as priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Church at Yale on Th...

Mark Lawrence and his crew really bug me.  They bug me so much I just had to say something here finally. I call him Mark Lawrence because ...

Someone pointed me to this last night (thanks evo!), and thought others might want to sign this open letter as well:   The Clergy Letter...

Some great things have happened at General Convention, which I'm sure you have already read about elsewhere. Both transgender resolutio...