Is the final question in this video the one that the Church should be dealing with most? Thanks to my colleague Rich Simpson for sending the video link and the provocative question?? How does the message of the Gospel compete with all the other demands that a massively transitional world throws at us? How do [...]
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I’ve probably done more reflecting on just what ‘happens’ during the keeping of a Holy Lent this year than in any other I care to remember. Somewhere between my first Ash Wednesday service and the one that night I campe across the following quotation from Thomas Merton, We must remember the original meaning of Lent, [...]
Today the Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and the Right Reverend John Sentamu Archbishop of York, issued a call to prayer, fasting and action on behalf of those who are suffering most in Zimbabwe. I commend it for your prayer, reflection and action. Though it has come too late for my Ash Wednesday [...]
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In previous professional lives I’ve been, variously a chef and a seafood salesman. As preparation for ordained ministry, I recommend both highly. Tonight I get the privilege of cooking and serving the main course in our final session of Disciples of Christ in Community (DOCC) at the parish. I also get to preside at the [...]
Just because there’s a simple solution to a problem doesn’t mean that the solution is going to be easy. So it is with many biblical stories. The healing of Namaan (2 Kings 5:1-14 ) has long been one of my favorite Bible Stories. It’s got a little bit of everything hit seems. There’s a war [...]
