Faith Matters: Divine activity out in the farm fields: Reflections from an agricultural Anglican

By THE REV. JIMMY PICKETT, Episcopal priest and farmhand

The Rev. Jimmy Pickett is an Episcopal priest and farmhand. CONTRIBUTED

I have on my right arm a tattoo that reminds me every day why I serve as a priest in the Episcopal Church.
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I grew up in Leicester and spent nearly every weekend at my Great Grandmother’s house, an old red farmhouse with a big barn and a large field that has been fallow for a couple of generations. On Sunday mornings, we would go to the little Episcopal Church on the hill in town. This is where my theological imagination was first sparked and nurtured by the women who raised me. In the Episcopal Church it is common for communities to gather together to celebrate the Eucharist, also known as Communion or the Lord’s Supper, every Sunday. Day after day, week after week, we take simple things, little wafers of bread and a small cup of wine, as we ask God’s blessing to transform these simple gifts into something profound — love made tangible, the real presence of Jesus in our midst. Read more...