In early 1998, I was looking for a spiritual home in Los Angeles. A friend, actor Steve Rowe, told me about a very special place, All Saints Episcopal Church, in Pasadena. Their motto is, “Whoever you are, and wherever you find yourself on your journey of faith, there is a place here for you.” That intrigued me, as I was struggling for a way to deal with the deaths of both my parents within the period of a year and a half, and had gone to several churches, and none had really clicked with me. I had, actually, grown up in the wonderful music and liturgy of the Episcopal Church back in my hometown of Andover, MA. At the age of 8, I was singing in the boys’ choir and picking out melodies of Leo Sowerby and Herbert Howells on the piano, even though I gave it up fairly early for baseball!

I accompanied choirs at Phillips Academy, in Andover, and at Wesleyan University, and while at Eastman, I directed a choir at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Henrietta, NY. Shortly after that, I played for the choir of St. Andr