April 19, 2013
Once again, I doubt that anyone from Ft. Bragg is going to see the sermon I intend to preach this Sunday before I give it. (If I’m wrong, and you plan to be there Sunday, probably you should skip reading this for now.) Also, I apologize to any followers who read “Thrift Shop Resurrection” – most of which is given again here. So here it is:
Easter 4 C
I have problems with this morning’s reading from Acts!
Is that allowed – to have issues with scripture? (more…)
April 8, 2013
I talked to a young (to me) woman last week. I believe (I’m not entirely sure) that she would consider herself a Christian. (I’ve actually talked to her on a number of occasions.) She knows I’m an Episcopal priest, and she was wondering about Easter … What happened on Easter? What were we celebrating? (more…)
March 30, 2013
This is The Lead on Episcopal Cafe today. If you watch the video on the link, I’d be interested in your responses:
DOMA, Proposition 8 and the Easter story
John Fugelsang draws a contemporary parallel to the story of the Passion and Resurrection in this commentary. Does its analogy hold up for you?
March 28, 2013
Many years ago, I served as the Rector of a small congregation in rural Wyoming (St. Andrew’s in Meeteetse). Some time before I arrived, they had opened a thrift shop for the community (population around 500). One woman had spearheaded the project. Her family donated the building. And she ran the program her way.
I got to thinking about this today because I read a blog post from my friend, Joe Duggan, where he said:
I have had an epiphany in my prayer today. I am no longer going to talk about “at risk congregations”. At risk of what? At risk of dying or closing? There is nothing to fear in the death of our congregations.
Why does he say this? Because he believes in resurrection.
That got me thinking about the thrift shop. (more…)
April 8, 2010
At Christ Church, Bingham, New York (as found on Fiat Lux):
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal ChurchWhat are you most afraid of? What wakes you up in the middle of the night? For some here tonight it’s probably about where the next paycheck will come from. I have one friend who’s just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and another whose son is in jail for statutory rape. For almost all of us, there is some primordial fear linked to thoughts about our freedom and our own mortality. (more…)
April 8, 2010
And this from Episcopal Cafe’s Lead:
On this the Thursday of Easter Week, we commend to you the Easter Message of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, Jean Zaché Duracin:
‘The Lord is with all Haitians,’ Bishop Duracin says in Easter message
Msgr. Jean Zaché Duracin, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti’s EASTER MESSAGE 2010“Alleluia, He is risen”
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, (more…)
April 8, 2010
One of the things I love about being a Christian is I can go deeper down the rabbit hole. I keep having new aha’s, often fueled by the fact that I have to do lots of reading and thinking to prepare for the next sermon. I had a new insight into the resurrection when I was preparing for my Easter sermon.
Here’s an overview of my evolving understanding of the meaning of the Resurrection. (more…)
April 16, 2009
On a personal level, I’ve been on vacation, recovering, since Easter. One way or another, I suspect that’s what most clergy do. Certainly in the Episcopal Church, Holy Week/Easter is our busiest time of the year. We need time to lie fallow, and that’s what I’ve had. I’m starting to feel like I might want to do something again. I went down to our Community Garden today, which we officially opened and assigned plots for the day before Easter. I watered the two half rows of corn my wife planted in her plot. (It’s her plot. I’m the designated water boy. She picked the plot nearest my office to “encourage” this.)
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