December 24, 2014 - 12:00am

A Christmas Greeting from the Dean

Welcome to the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine as we celebrate Christmas! Hear tonight Isaiah's prophecy: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a...

December 5, 2014 - 12:00am

Ebola’s Missing Solution

The global water and sanitation crisis, ever-present in tens of thousands of villages and cities around the world, is another kind of epidemic that kills thousands of ch...

November 30, 2014 - 12:00am

Subversive Children of the Light: an Advent Meditation from the Dean

"But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come...

September 11, 2014 - 12:00am

Xu Bing's "Phoenix" Featured on NYC-ARTS!

The episode will also be available for streaming at NYC-ARTS.org on Friday morning. Encore presentations will follow on Sunday at noon on THIRTEEN; Friday at 7 pm and Su...

August 5, 2014 - 12:00am

In Memory of Ray Guyette

Ray was a kind, humorous, loving man who cared deeply about the Cathedral. His work touched the lives of everyone on the Close, from visitors to long-time residents. Our...

June 7, 2014 - 12:00am

Signs of the Spirit: a Pentecost Meditation From the Dean

from Acts 2:1-21 I have just returned from Iran. Few Americans – even the many who have spent their lives studying the country or who have been colleagues with Ira...

April 19, 2014 - 12:00am

An Easter Greeting from the Dean

Across the centuries people have shouted with joy, “Alleluia, Christ is risen indeed!” Now we join in that ancient ritual, as we pass from death into new life. We...

March 4, 2014 - 12:00am

A Lenten Message From the Dean

We hear the voice that says to us, “You are dust and will return to dust.” The cycle of life makes clear that we come from and return to God. Do you hear that voice a...

January 6, 2014 - 12:00am

An Epiphany Message from the Dean

God led those long ago Magi by a star. That was the Divine Way to manifest to the peoples of the earth that something new was happening – heaven breaking into the human...

December 24, 2013 - 12:00am

A Christmas Greeting from the Dean

-Christina Rossetti, Time Flies: A Reading Diary, 1885 Welcome to the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine as we celebrate Christmas! Across the ages we have...

December 5, 2013 - 12:00am

Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

President Mandela said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” A political prisoner, sentenced to life behind bars—he emerged with humility and vision that widene...

December 1, 2013 - 12:00am

A Message from the Dean: Advent Light

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in a land as dark as death a light has dawned. You have increased their joy and given...

November 30, 2013 - 2:35pm

Most Elevating of Voices on YouTube

October 28, 2013 - 9:00am

With a New Website Comes a New Blog!

October 28, 2013 - 12:00am

Gay Couples Have Equal Worth

***** "Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Their love is...