padrewarren on May 9th, 2010

In Celtic Spirituality there are places in God’s creation that are believed to be places where the lines between this world and the heavenly realm are blurred nearly to the point of non-existence.  These are called in, Celtic parlance, the ‘Thin Places’. Many Holy Shrines are such places to many people.  The island monastic communities [...]

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padrewarren on March 7th, 2010

Third Sunday in Lent Year C RCL Sermon Audio: March 7, 2010-The Rev’d Warren Hicks Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9

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padrewarren on December 30th, 2009

My goodness, it’s been an age since I really wrote something to put here.  I’d like to say that it’s the result of an intentional plan to be reflective and part of my Advent discipline, but that would be less than truthful.  Okay that would be a BFL (Big Fat Lie). I’ve been doing the [...]

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padrewarren on May 27th, 2009

My office windows look out, at roughly ground level, on the yard between the church and the rectory (where the rector and his family live).  I get to see the seasons pass before me. There’s much to learn from squirrels and birds if we pay attention. Over the past couple of days, I’ve been watching [...]

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padrewarren on March 31st, 2009

This past weekend a group of laypeople from St. Luke’s and I spent two days working with the folks at the Partnership for Missional Church (PMC), a process developed by Church Innovations of Minneapolis.  Simply put, PMC seeks to partner churches together to develop the skills of corporate spiritual discernment.  They facilitate gatherings of congregations, [...]

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