Friday, October 04, 2013

Smuggling the Gospel: Lectio Divina on II Kings 19

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The Assyrian king Sennacherib is besieging Jerusalem. He boasts of all the kingdoms he has laid waste to; where are their gods, whom they tr...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

House of Bishops Day 6 (Fall 2013)

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Morning Prayer: Pretty straight BCP Rite 2, but with Pascha nostrum as the single canticle set to a chant tune with some fairly funky harmo...
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House of Bishops Day 5 (Fall 2013)

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After Morning Prayer at our tables (an amalgam of BCP and Enriching Our Worship-- sung guitar-accompanied Venite , said Psalm, Office Hymn ...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

House of Bishops Day 4 (Fall 2013)

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I snapped this photo this morning in the parish hall at the church of St Joseph of Arimathea in Hendersonville (TN), where it was my priv...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

House of Bishops Day 3 (Fall 2013)

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We began with the Eucharist for St Matthew's Day at 9am. The Bishop of Atlanta presided and Fr Simon Bautistia, one of the HOB chaplains...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

House of Bishops Day 2 (Fall 2013)

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After breakfast in the hotel restaurant with our friends Bishop Marty and Donna Field of West Missouri, the work day for bishops began at 9a...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013

House of Bishops Day 1 (Fall 2013)

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We gathered at 9am, with words of welcome from the Presiding Bishop. Then it was time for our customary "check-in" time with our ...
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Friday, August 02, 2013

Oh Canada

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In the domestic economy of my household, it falls to me to do the vacation planning. This year, mostly due to unanticipated open heart sur...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

St Paul, A Slave Girl, the Holy Spirit, and the Presiding Bishop

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The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Revd Katharine Jefferts Schori, delivered a sermon on May 12, the Seve...
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Conciliation

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Three days ago the Presiding Bishop's office released the text of the Accord reached between nine bishops--of which I am one--and those...
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Friday, February 01, 2013

Now See This

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This is a message from several ordained and lay leaders, mostly younger (which is exciting), that is worthy of consideration. I can't...
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Pointing to Jesus: Toward Understanding the Newtown Massacre

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I'm old enough to remember JFK's assassination, the Texas clock tower sniper, Son of Sam, Jonestown, 911, Fort Hood, Virginia Te...
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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Another Trigger Gets Pulled

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The appropriate expression, I believe, is "shocked but not surprised." The Presiding Bishop's office announced today that it...
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