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Sep 08, 2011
Reflections around the anniversary of 9/11
"What ancient Israel has always known is that loss grieved permits newness. And by contrast, loss denied creates social dysfunction and eventually produces violence." Walter Brueggemann read more...
Apr 23, 2011
Holy Saturday: waiting with
"So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb." read more...
Apr 22, 2011
Good Friday: death
"Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." Sung by Billie Holiday, Lyrics by Lewis Allan, Maurice Pearl, P. Dwayne Wiggins. read more...
Apr 21, 2011
Maundy Thursday: love
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13 read more...
Apr 20, 2011
Wednesday in Holy Week: betrayal
"Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me." John 13 read more...
Apr 19, 2011
Tuesday in Holy Week: ministry
Celebrant: Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? People: I will, with God’s help. Baptismal Vows, Book of Common Prayer read more...
Apr 18, 2011
Monday in Holy Week: seeing and not seeing
"Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair..." "...the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death, since it was on account of him that many were deserting them and were believing in Jesus." John 12 read more...
Apr 07, 2011
Lent Thursday Nights: Kathy Grieb and the Butterfly Effect
When a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world it can cause a hurricane in another part of the world. When a pastor of a 50 member congregation in Florida burns a Quran/Koran 12 U.N. workers die in Afghanistan. read more...
Apr 04, 2011
The Power of Words: Repairing the Breach, A Service of Reconciliation and Repentance
I will attend this service and make apology not because I as a white person am a horrible person. I will attend and voice apology because as one who works with words for a living, I know the power of words. read more...
Mar 30, 2011
Lenten Program this Thursday Evening. Guest Presenter: Glenda McDowell
"In Western culture, we often seek truth through confrontation. But our headstrong ways of charging at truth scare the soul away. If soul truth is to be spoken and heard, it must be approached 'on the slant.' I do not mean we should be coy, speaking evasively about subjects that make us uncomfortable, which weakens us and our relationships. But soul truth is so powerful that we must allow ourselves to approach it, and it to approach us, indirectly. We must invite, not command, the soul to speak. We must allow, not force, ourselves to listen. " Parker Palmer, 'A Hidden Wholeness' read more...
Mar 04, 2011
Repairing the Breach: A Family's Story
"In telling and listening to our stories we discover signs of God's passing and presence." Michael Schut read more...
Jan 15, 2011
Keeping the Dream Alive
"Dr. King was not strong on partisan ideals. Dr. King was strong on justice ideals." Donna Brazile, Asheville Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast read more...
Jan 05, 2011
Feast of the Epiphany
When we gather tomorrow at 6 pm to hear the story of the Magi and burn the greens we will remember that a constant aspect of life in God is light and being led. read more...
Dec 28, 2010
The Fourth Day of Christmas: St. John, Delight
"God brought me out into an open place; the Lord rescued me because he delighted in me." Psalm 18:20 read more...
Dec 02, 2010
Advent Week One: What pushes life?
"Now God is not of the dead, but of the living; for to God all of them are alive." Luke 20:38 read more...
Nov 11, 2010
All Saints, All Souls, Baptisms and Pledges
"Will you who witness these vows do all in your power to support these persons in their life in Christ?" "We will." read more...
Oct 23, 2010
Transitions in Life - a fire at the seminary
The upcoming Sundays in Adult Forum will focus on Transitions in Life, the endings in our life and how we mark and walk through them. I have this in mind as I read the news of my seminary's chapel having been gutted by fire yesterday. read more...
Oct 15, 2010
All Souls Counseling Center: Ten years of putting the pieces back together.
It began with a handful of therapists seeing clients in the church offices . In 2010 over 1000 persons will be served in the offices of a building owned by the Counseling Center. read more...
Sep 23, 2010
"There's no place like home."
Perhaps one of the more compelling and vexing concepts of the Christian life is the understanding of home. read more...
Sep 08, 2010
The World is Flat: a visit from our Companion Diocese
Thomas Friedman credits a trip to India for inspiring the title of his famous best-seller about globalization, "The World is Flat." I am conscious of this as we prepare to welcome our guests from the Diocese of Durgapur, India. read more...