I did not preach this morning. Months ago, we had asked the Rev. Kirk Kubicek to help us kick off our Fall Stewardship Campaign by preaching at both services, and by leading an Adult Forum. So I had the rare experience of hearing someone else’s voice proclaim the good news. How ironic. We kicked off [...]
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Do Not Worry About Anything
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Deja Vu All Over Again?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My mother died thirty one years ago, way too early (she died of breast cancer at age fifty six). Had she lived, she would be 87 now. I was thinking about Mama yesterday as I washed some white lacy curtains that hang in my dining room, then hung them out on the little clothesline on [...]
The Mind of Christ
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2008 | No Comments »
“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5)
Those of us who are parents are familiar with the old divide and conquer strategy, which our children use in such masterful ways. A child goes to Mom, who’s doing something in one room, and he asks for something he wants. Mom [...]
Sunday Evening Musings
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been reflecting a lot about just what it is that brings people to church. After the resurrection, when Jesus asked Peter, “Peter, do you love me?” and Peter said, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you,” then Jesus replied, “Feed my lambs.” The second time, Peter replied the same way and Jesus said, [...]
The Fall Debut
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I suppose I should be waxing eloquent about yesterday’s deposition of Bishop Bob Duncan by the House of Bishops, yet I’m sure some of my brothers and sisters have already done so, or will. (See links to the right for some of them.) From the accounts on Jim Naughton’s blog (episcope), it sounds as if the [...]
Forgiveness, the Gospel, and Sept. 11
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Lord. . .how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?”
“Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy times seven.”(Matt 18:21-35)
Peter has had some mixed experiences with Jesus as of late. At one point, he confesses Jesus as the Messiah, and Jesus responds by promising to build the church on the rock of Peter. [...]
Love is All You Need
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Romans 13:8-14
“Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” (Rom 13:8)
Love, love, love. Over the past few weeks, we have watched a kaleidoscope of images on television and computer screens. A veritable avalanche of words—in newspapers, magazines, and on the internet—has alternately praised or [...]
This ‘n That
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks to Tropical Storm Hanna, it is a rainy, sometimes windy Saturday on the DC outskirts. My son, who lives in a Chicago suburb, said they got lots of rain yesterday–the remnants of Hurricane Gustav. And now Hurricane Ike is looming, and, I’m sorry to say, it looks like our friends in the Gulf Coast [...]
Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me
Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.”
Despite some fiercely-held beliefs about the separation between church and state, the cross is [...]
Bishops, Power and the Kingdom of God
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For most of the summer, I have been doing some of my early morning reading in a new way. After reading the scriptures of the Daily Office and spending some time in prayer, I am reading another book: The Art of Reading Scripture, a collection of essays about how to read and interpret holy scripture, [...]
