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Timothy Kimbrough

The Rev. Timothy E. Kimbrough is a Guest Writer. He is the Director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies and the Jack and Barbara Bovender Professor of the Practice of Anglican Studies at Duke Divinity School. Previous appointments include Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, TN. He is a seven-time deputy to General Convention.

A Meditation on the Manger; A Longing for Paradise

Christmas may seem like an escapist refuge from the world’s pain. But this happens only when the manger is relegated to a sentimental detail.

Lost and Found

“Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to . And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,...

The Long Night, the Certain Dawn

Daily Devotional • September 6 Psalm 30  I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up     and did not let my foes rejoice over...

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Daily Devotional • September 5 A Reading from Mark 15:22-32 22 Then they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull)....

No Pale Moon

Daily Devotional • September 4 A Reading from James 4:13-5:6 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a...

Creed and Consequence

Daily Devotional • September 3 A Reading from James 3:1-12 1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that...

The Quiet Betrayal

Daily Devotional • September 2 A Reading from Mark 14:66-72 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female servants of the high priest...

Job’s Question, Christ’s Answer

Daily Devotional • September 1 Psalm 25 1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust;     do...

In the Midst of Majesty

Daily Devotional • August 31 A Reading from Psalm 150 1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary;     praise him in his mighty firmament! 2 Praise...

Jesus Is Our Hope

If your family is anything like mine, it has stories to tell about the family lore and the various foibles on which they stumbled...