Entries For: 2009
- December (3)
- November (3)
- October (5)
- September (3)
- August (4)
- July (1)
- June (3)
- May (3)
- April (8)
- March (3)
- February (3)
- January (3)
Dec 31, 2009
Feast of the Holy Name, Noon, January 1, 2010
It might be the greatest of all our powers- the power to name. Tomorrow at noon in the Nave we will observe this gift from God. read more...
Dec 08, 2009
Advent and a Los Angeles Bishop-elect
"There will be tumults.... Now when these thing begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." Luke 21 Advent I Year C read more...
Dec 03, 2009
Advent Waiting and World AIDS Day
As I listened to the stories and watched the candles being lit at the Asheville World AIDS Day Vigil Tuesday evening images as old as twenty plus years and images as recent as this year passed through my mind. read more...
Nov 12, 2009
Radical once again (and a p.s.)
It is one of the truly radical acts of the Episcopal Church and yet not what you might suspect. read more...
Nov 06, 2009
Richard Hooker- truly a man for all seasons
"The Church is a visible society, not an assembly, but a society. " The distinction may seem slight, but it has immense consequences. read more...
Nov 02, 2009
Considering Portals - The Feast of All Souls
I am still contemplating what was experienced yesterday during the All Saints and All Souls liturgies. Liturgy is supposed to walk us into new places and I heard more than a few folks grasping for words to describe their experience of these moments. read more...
Oct 27, 2009
Church of the Advocate this Sunday
The idea was birthed by The Reverends Judith Whelchel and Bill Jamieson of All Souls on Christmas Eve 1997. In March of 1998 Church of the Advocate, a worshiping community for persons living on the streets of Asheville, came into being in Pritchard Park. read more...
Oct 23, 2009
Changing the World One Household at a Time
Standing inside the future home of Rodrick and Yelena Scott, the 8th Asheville Episcopal Deanery Habitat construct, I pondered the old axiom, "you can't change the world today, but you can make a dent." read more...
Oct 15, 2009
Around One Table
From "Moonstruck" to "Crimes and Misdemeanors", from "Babette's Feast" to Jesus, gathering around the table is where relationship is forged. read more...
Oct 08, 2009
Making Connection: Mr. Hansen's Opus II
"The past is not prologue; the past is present." It seems a major task of good mental health and spiritual integrity is making healthy connection of our past and our present. read more...
Oct 01, 2009
Mr. Hansen's Opus
The number of kids whose lives were changed by Chuck Hansen? I don't know the number, but will have a better sense of that by Saturday morning. read more...
Sep 24, 2009
Tim Sedgwick: a voice for this time
"The word of God is not primarily a script on a page but the presence of God in the lives of people, continually calling them to lives more faithful." "...moral discernment is not simply a matter of figuring out what to do. (It) is a matter of seeing and becoming who we are meant to be as Christians." read more...
Sep 17, 2009
From the Dust Life Emerges
In a Cathedral full of images, full of incredible works of art, perhaps the most compelling image is the wild flowers growing in the cracks of the old Nave. read more...
Sep 03, 2009
Health Care and Baptism
"Will you strive for justice and peace among all persons?" What does this have to do with health care? read more...
Aug 27, 2009
Reflecting on Ted Kennedy
"O God, the creator and preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men..." Book of Common Prayer p. 814. If anyone fit the description of 'all sorts and conditions' it likely would be Senator Kennedy. read more...
Aug 17, 2009
"Color Blind Angel"
I did not know the name Viola Liuzzo until Friday night. The faithfulness of Robin Rogers brought Viola into my world. read more...
Aug 11, 2009
The Cost of Restoration
In the story of King David and his son Absalom, the Bible once again brings us a story ancient and immediate. read more...
Aug 03, 2009
When the table is the center
"So, about what can we be praying for each other?" The question came at the end of dinner after a week of vacationing together. read more...
Jul 10, 2009
Taize', General Convention and the peleton
Cyclists in the Tour de France, pilgrims at Taize' and General Convention are all about the same task. read more...
Jun 24, 2009
Taize', General Convention and my yard: the art of pilgrimage
"So you can see I have not traveled very far." read more...