Missionary Blogs

Welcome to brief (17 minutes) Morning Prayer! Today’s conversational reflection is on Luke 22:54-69, Peter denies Jesus and Jesus before the Council. (Click on Morning Prayer above to go to a link where you ... read more

Welcome to brief (under 10 minutes) Morning Prayer! Today’s conversational reflection is on Isaiah 25:6-9, the great feast on God’s holy mountain, and it’s making us hungry. (Click on Morning Prayer above to go ... read more

Welcome to brief (under 12 minutes) Morning Prayer. Today’s conversational reflection is on Luke 21:1-4, the widow’s offering. Is she generous? taken advantage of? These four verses give us a lot of food for ... read more

On Wednesday April 1st, I woke up to the news that Muttrah had been identified as the epicenter of COVID-19 in Oman and would accordingly be isolated from the rest of the country until ... read more

Hello all! I hope you are well. I have now been officially home for 2 weeks, and since I am exhibiting no symptoms, I am out of quarantine! Quarantine at home meant I mostly stayed ... read more

Well, as I promised in my last blog post, I have come home from South Africa. If this is news to you, you can read all about why and how I came to that decision ... read more

Hello all! I’m afraid the title says it all. I’ve decided that given the state of the world that it makes the most sense for me to come home. I’m so glad the decision to ... read more

Fifty days ago, I woke up to the news that my neighborhood Muttrah had been identified as the epicenter of COVID-19 in Oman and thus would be isolated from the rest of the country ... read more

I have been back in Oklahoma for about a month now. I have been really enjoying my time at home, but I think ... read more

Pandemic.  Covid 19.  Social and/or physical distancing.  The stalled economy.  I have no new or creative thoughts to share on these topics.  That being said, I encourage anyone reading this to look elsewhere for public ... read more

Hello Everyone! I apologize (once again) for the long gap between blog posts. First, let me assure you that I am healthy, happy, and safe here in Oman. Like much of the world, we ... read more

The stain glass window in the back of the cathedral, dark because the sun is not outThe greeting “Merry Christmas” started on September 1st, ... read more

As the title of this blog post says, it is well past time for an update from the Gregorys in Guatemala. To be honest, we’ve been saying that several months now and Brian has been ... read more

My last sunset in the U.S. before boarding my flightI arrived back in the Philippines on December 2nd to start my second year. My ... read more

St. Alban’s Mission, Antigua, GuatemalaThe Rev. Brian GregoryOctober 20, 2019Church Year C: The 19th Sunday after PentecostGenesis 32:22-31, Psalm 121, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8 Good morning. It has been a couple of months since ... read more