After doing his AA Fifth Step with an Episcopal priest, J enjoyed deliverance from alcohol and from extremely dangerous behavior that sometimes resulted from his drinking. But then it seemed that his business would fail. Even more than his own financial loss, he dreaded the loss that would be...

When I retired I was selfassured because of the vocational journey I’d been on for 37 years. The vocational journey became a reality when, with a diploma from UT (Austin only in those days) in the mail, Patti and I were married in August 1963, and two days later I was commissioned an officer is...

In April 1984, my father, Ed Stine, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.  He had been a “good churchman” in The Episcopal Church, doing any task from repairing the “swamp cooler” air conditioners on the roof of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Midland, Texas, to serving on the Long-Range...

So just like that we're done. No more treatments. Go home. Come back in September for your first scan. Two simple words. Cancer … free. To be honest, it is one simple word that makes the difference this time and that is "free" because "cancer" literally brought us to our...

Few things have remained the same in Waco, Texas since 1863, but St. Paul’s Episcopal Church continues to thrive after 150 years in the heart of the city. Although Waco is infamously known as the center of Baptist culture, the city also retains a surprisingly rich Episcopal heritage, beginning...

In a day when we use our bank cards for everything from putting money in the parking meter to buying a car, St. David’s in Austin couldn’t help but feel the pinch when an age-old tradition started feeling, well, too age-old.

The September issue of Diolog Magazine is now online and in the mail. This issue focuses on Music, featuring article from and about musicians.

Robert Simpson, AAGO, ChM, SMM, is organist/choirmaster at Houston’s historic Christ Church Cathedral, and founder and artistic director of the Houston Chamber Choir. He also serves on the faculty of The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University as lecturer of Church Music. An honors graduate of...