This week, we enter the season of Lent, a time in the church calendar in which we intentionally lament all that is wrong in the world, all the hard soil that has yet to bear fruit. I am grateful for this tithe of our year in which our worship gives voice to all our grief and frustration.

On the second-to-last Sunday of Epiphany, February 23, 2025, we will have the opportunity to celebrate World Mission Sunday together.

Bishop Chris braved frigid temperatures to continue a beloved Incarnation tradition: our annual visit from Saint Nicholas!

What a wildly wonderful world, GOD! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.” (from Psalm 104, The Message paraphrase)

One of the unique aspects of going to church in the DC area, is that the Christian world here is a small one. Contrary to what one might think about the area, it’s not unusual to find oneself worshiping next to someone from across the aisle politically.

This past Sunday, Incarnation Anglican Church (Arlington, VA) celebrated Candlemas and World Mission Sunday.

The mission team had a chance to share about their trip and ways we can pray and support our partners in West Asia, then we closed our time by praying and singing together.

World Mission Sunday is an opportunity to renew our commitment to being Jesus’ witnesses to the ends of the world, give thanks for cross-cultural workers and our brothers and sisters in the faith around the world, and ask God to raise up those who would be willing to go to the more than 3 billion people around the world who have not yet heard the good news of Jesus Christ. 

Altogether, this logo is meant to be a picture of the Incarnation: God made tangible in a particular time and place, among a particular people with particular stories. It's a creative imagining of the Message paraphrase of John 1:14: "The Word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood." 

Bishop Chris participated in celebrating St. Nicholas during his visit to Incarnation Anglican in Arlington, VA.

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Greenbrier Baptist Church in Arlington, VA, DOMA global mission and outreach leaders are invited to hear from Bishop Chris Warner and to share an update on global partnerships.

I probably get more questions about Prayers of the People than any other part of the liturgy. So I thought I'd take this week's letter to answer a few FAQs about this important part of the service.

There are many ways we can wonder with our children at God’s good gifts that surround us no matter where we are and not just on Sunday mornings.

We thank God for the ordination of the Rev. Amy Rowe to the priesthood on December 26, 2021 at Incarnation Anglican Church, Arlington, VA.

We thank God for the ordination of David Griffin to the transitional diaconate on Sunday, October 17, at Incarnation Anglican Church in Arlington, VA.

Amy Rowe and Katie Hamlin, recently ordained as a priest and deacon respectively, share their journeys to ordination.

We thank God for Katie Hamlin's ordination to the priesthood and Amy Rowe's ordination to the diaconate, Saturday, June 26, at Incarnation Anglican Church, Arlington, VA.

During Eastertide (through Sunday, May 16) Incarnation is inviting kids and families to Easter Wonder: gathering on the lawn in front of the chapel at 10:30 am to get ready for church with an art invitation and scripture meditation.

If you need an update to your podcast listening cue, a variety of churches in the Diocese offer teachings and sermons via podcast. Most podcasts are available via each church website or most podcast apps.

Incarnation Anglican, Alexandria, VA, invites all of us to participate in intentional prayer for our Muslim neighbors throughout Ramadan.