Ministry

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I continue to serve in sacramental ministry through preaching, celebrating Eucharist, weddings, funerals, and pastoral care. Over the years, I have become less interested in perfect religious answers and more interested in helping people encounter grace, healing, and authenticity in real life.

Ministry, for me, has always been less about titles and more about presence: showing up for people with compassion, honesty, humor, and hope.

Monastic life sounds so serious until you realize that it also includes Zoom meditation groups, late-night conversations, shared meals, and reminding people to breathe every once in a while.

Much of my ministry now takes place in the emergency room and hospital hallways, accompanying people through fear, grief, violence, loss, and uncertainty. This work continually reminds me that presence itself can be so sacred.

Through writing, reflection, and projects like Philly4Good, I try to create spaces where spirituality feels accessible, compassionate, thoughtful, and deeply human.