Author Archives: Fr. John Laffoon

The celebration of advent is ancient. A time of preparation for Jesus’ first and second comings. It’s easily understandable why the Church set aside a time to prepare hearts for…

  My oldest sibling sent me a picture of her beautiful fully decorated Christmas tree on November, 19th. If she were Facebook friends with Fr. Chase, he would have to…

Holy Eucharist, aka Holy Communion, aka The Lord’s Supper for many of us deeply moving and beautiful. At times it can be the most healing and comforting part of the…

The first time I ever prayed any version of our Confession from the Book of Common Prayer was during my first year of seminary. I was thirty-three years old, had…

Every Sunday morning we enter the church building through red doors (if you enter through CCA’s main entrance). This does not symbolize how hot Phoenix is in the summer, rather…