Rev'd Gavin Dunbar

Vol. 57 No. 35 | The Eighth Sunday after Trinity | July 26, 2026 Earlier this summer I had occasion to read the Burial Office with a congregation that was unfamiliar with the Book of Common Prayer, and I realized how…

Vol. 57 No. 34 | The Seventh Sunday after Trinity | July 19, 2026 Suffering and Hope The Prayer for the Church ends where every Christian life must finally end: in suffering, death, and the hope of eternal life. After praying…

Vol. 57 No. 33 | Sixth Sunday after Trinity | July 12, 2026 Hearing and Receiving Having prayed for the Church as a whole, for the rulers of society, and for those entrusted with the ministry of Word and Sacrament, the…

Vol. 57 No. 32 | Fifth Sunday after Trinity | July 5, 2026 How Christ Builds the ChurchThe Prayer for the Church asks first for the church as a whole, its unity in truth and love, and then for the rulers…

Vol. 57 No. 31 | Fourth Sunday after Trinity | June 28, 2026 The Church in the World One of the striking features of the Prayer for the Church is how quickly it turns our attention away from ourselves. In the…

Vol. 57 No. 30 | Third Sunday after Trinity | June 21, 2026 Praying Our Mission A mission statement says what an organization exists to do, what it hopes to become, and what principles guide its life. In the Prayer for…

Vol. 57 No. 29 | Second Sunday after Trinity | June 14, 2026 The celebration of the feast of Pentecost that is completed on Trinity Sunday is not the end of the Church’s year but the beginning of its longest season. The green…

Vol. 57 No. 28 | First Sunday after Trinity | June 7, 2026 I have now been your rector for twenty years—a milestone that rather crept up on me. Had the congregation not so kindly marked the occasion, I might…

Vol. 57 No. 27 | Trinity Sunday | May 31, 2026 On Whitsunday, or Pentecost, the Church commemorated the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples for the sake of their mission in the world. Today, on Trinity…

Vol. 57 No. 26  Pentecost Sunday (commonly called Whitsunday) May 24, 2026 The modern world is full of connection and starving for communion. We are flooded with words, images, opinions, outrage, and distraction – and yet so many live with a…

Vol. 57 No. 25  Ascension Sunday   May 17, 2026 This Sunday falls between Ascension Day and Whitsunday – between the ascent of Christ to the Father’s right hand, and the descent of the Holy Ghost upon his disciples; between his commissioning…

Vol. 57 No. 24  The Fifth Sunday after Easter (Rogation Sunday) May 10, 2026 There are moments—often small ones—when something in our ordinary experience seems to exceed itself: the quality of light after a storm; the sound of birds after rain;…