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Contemplation from the Angle
May 02, 2008
Have we gotten it wrong on Reverend Wright?
"Your original sin is slavery." read more...
Apr 24, 2008
Watching the color change
I have come to love watching the green of the mountain trees make its way through crooks and up the elevations during this time of year. It is a several week trek whose show reminds me of how life courses where and as it will. read more...
Apr 08, 2008
"Pray for me."
Sitting in Christ Cathedral, New Orleans on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Becky and I listened to a concert of spirituals offered by trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and a host of his musical friends. One of the most significant moments for me was a hymn whose lyrics include the phrase, "Pray for me." What effect might it have on our souls and on the soul of the world if this were part of our regular salutations to one another? read more...
Apr 02, 2008
Gratitude
"We give you utmost thanks and praise..." read more...
Mar 20, 2008
Good Friday
"Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen." Collect for Good Friday, Book of Common Prayer 1976 read more...
Maundy Thursday: The towel
The Golden Bear Pancake House could be considered an upscale IHOP. In addition to killer pancakes, waffles and omelets, you could get burgers, steaks, salads and some remarkable deserts. I was the busboy who made certain your table had no stray drops of syrup from a prior customer. read more...
Mar 19, 2008
Wednesday in Holy Week: Night
"Jesus said to Judas, "Do quickly what you are going to do." Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. Judas immediately went out. And it was night." John 13 read more...
Mar 18, 2008
Tuesday in Holy Week: Dark to Light, Bondage to Freedom
"I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness." John 12 As I listen to Jesus in the twelfth chapter of John, I hear a certain anguish in his voice. read more...
Mar 17, 2008
Monday in Holy Week: Washing, Preparing
"Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of oil." read more...
Mar 13, 2008
No Room in the Inn, No Place at the Table
The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has declared clearly how Christ-like Bishop Gene Robinson is in their action of saying there is no room for him at the table of bishops during this summer's Lambeth Conference. read more...
Feb 29, 2008
George Herbert: Priest, Poet of Awe and Wonder
If part of Lent is recovering our awe and wonder, George Herbert should be required fare during these 40 days. read more...
Feb 20, 2008
Lent: the sounds of silence
No radio or music turned on in the car (excluding when daughters are present). A chosen discipline of this Lent. I had not realized how automatic turning on the radio or cd/tape was when I drive. read more...
Feb 06, 2008
Ashes, cleansing and seeing
Repent: greek- metaneo. to change one's mind. This brings a whole different spin on the popular notion of repent lest you burn like so much brush. And the greek means much more than simply changing our stands about something. read more...
Jan 31, 2008
The Words We Choose
"I'm goin down ta da Stadium ta see da Bulls." Ditka. Butkus. These were among the listings of a recent email sent to me about how to speak 'Chicago'. If you need to communicate to a Chicagoan, it is advisable to add as many t's and d's to your words as possible. read more...
Jan 03, 2008
Dwelling and Delivering
Two words have grabbed my imagination this Christmas season: Dwell and Deliver. read more...
Jan 02, 2008
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Nov 16, 2007
The Cultivation of Life in this Diocese
"Love me enough to argue with me." A quote from an old friend who does much teaching and consulting in the Episcopal Church. Her sense was that if we truly loved each other as individuals and in community, we would be able to move beyond surface niceties in order to develop true intimacy. A willingness to trust each other with our deepest passions was a sign of our care about one another. read more...
Nov 05, 2007
The Power of Remembering
All Saints/All Souls Day: For the past half dozen year we have been placing in front of the altar pictures of those who have died during the past year. Interspersed with them are icons of other saints. Each year I find myself drawn to the images and realize that those who have died this past year become new icons- images that take me to a reality beyond themselves. read more...