Thursday, June 28, 2007

What He Said

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Ephraim Radner's homily from last Sunday is worth checking out. He was guest preacher at Grace, Colorado Springs--the continuing Grace ...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

On a Proper Respect for Moral Ambiguity

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The current unpleasantness among Episcopalians and other American Anglicans who were Episcopalians until fairly recently is beginning to rea...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

A Baseball Rant

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I walked into a store this week wearing my Cubs cap. Clerk: "Are you really a Cubs fan?" Me: "I am." Clerk (with sympath...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

A Silver Lining?

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For those on the “reasserter” side of the Episcopal Great Divide, last week’s meeting of the Executive Council can scarcely evoke any respon...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Liminality

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The seashore is one of my favorite places to visit. I fall asleep every night to a CD of recorded crashing surf--augmented by overflying flo...
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Friday, June 15, 2007

Self-Inflicted Wounds

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Through a combination of circumstances--sheer longevity being the most relevant, I suspect--the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Staying on the Canterbury Trail

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This has been a newsier-than-usual day in the Anglipalian universe: A. The Primate of Kenya announced the impending consecration of yet anot...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Woe To Me If I Preach Not the Gospel

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Ordained ministry is a complicated vocation-- moreso, no doubt, in churches that hew to a traditional notion of liturgy and sacraments and...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Liturgy & Evangelism

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Today is the lesser feast of St Boniface. He was an eighth century Englishman who became a missionary to the Low Countries and to various Ge...
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Sunday, June 03, 2007

De Trinitate

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This is Trinity Sunday. It is also the 28th anniversary of the first sermon I ever preached. (I'm emitting a silent interior scream--tha...
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Saturday, June 02, 2007

Drama Fatigue & Event Overload

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The "Anglipalian" landscape is just as interesting as ever these days. Since the Anglican Communion Office released the Archbishop...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Groovin' on Gustav

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With an undergraduate music major and a Master's degree in music history, I guess you could say I'm a music lover. But, for the same...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Racism?

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A sign in the window of a downtown bar & grill: Strict Dress Code 1. No hats or headgear of any kind. 2. No long T-shirts or tank tops. ...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Pity the Holy Spirit

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On the Eve of Pentecost (as I write), it may be worth observing what rough times these are for the Holy Spirit, and maybe show a little love...
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Friday, May 25, 2007

Youth Ministry

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At the Episcopal Church's General Convention last June, the deputation from the Diocese of San Joaquin was assigned seating next to the ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

R.S.V.P.

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Anglicans the world over have taken to honing their skills in the fine art of Rowanology. The Primate of All England and primus inter pares ...
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Sunday, May 20, 2007

Strange But True

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Both the Daily Office lectionary--via Ezekiel--and the Eucharistic lectionary--via Revelation--have of late put me in mind of the phantasm o...
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Friday, May 18, 2007

Ascension

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Today, as I write, is the Feast of the Ascension. In the calendar of the (1979) Book of Common Prayer, it is one of only seven occasions sty...
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Thursday, May 17, 2007

A Change of Venue

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I realize it's been a somewhat newsy day in the Anglican universe, and I shall in due time have something to day about it, no doubt. But...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

On the Work of Spiritual Discernment

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My Plutotian wife , for reasons unfathomable to me, frequents the blogs of a group of students at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary . (H...
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