May Almighty God, to whose glory we celebrate this festival of all the Saints, be now and evermore your guide and companion in the way. Amen. May God, who has bound us together in the company of the elect, in…
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Category: Theology
What is Blessing the Lord About?
“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” The psalmist uses this phrase five times (Psalm 103:1, 2, 22; 104:1, 35). The blessing spoken of by the psalmist is more than just something we do to God. There is a relationship and…
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We Do Not Believe in the Nicene Creed
“One night the Master led his disciples into the open fields and a star-studded sky. Then, pointing toward the stars, he looked at the disciples and said, ‘Now concentrate on my finger, everyone.’ They got the point.” (Anthony DeMello, One Minute…
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Believing in the Giver of Life
For most of us, I suspect, there are moments when the existential questions of life can no longer be answered, ignored, or denied by focusing on our careers, jobs, marriages, families, acquisitions, or accomplishments. Who am I? What is my…
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The Scandal of Being Human
Every time we say the Nicene Creed we profess the world’s greatest scandal. God chose to become human. God chose to reveal himself through flesh and blood. God chose to enter this world in the usual way, to be born…
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Five Things We Believe About God
“We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.” With just twenty-one words the Nicene Creed describes God. Twenty-one words? That’s it? Surely there is more that can be said about…
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Communal Believing – The Nicene Creed, Part 3
Someone once asked an old hermit, “Is Jesus your personal Lord and Savior?” “No,” he said. “I prefer to share him with others.” There is wisdom in the hermit’s words. The Christian life is not about “me and my Jesus.”…
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Who Believes? The Nicene Creed, Part 2
The following article was originally written for Reflections Online and published by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. It is the second in a series on the Nicene Creed. Part 1 may be found here. The earliest creedal statements were…
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Repetitious Believing – The Nicene Creed, Part 1
I can believe a thousand different things by lunchtime on any given day. “I believe the world is round.” “I believe the sky is falling.” “I believe I’ll have the enchilada plate, thank you.” Some of my beliefs are grounded…
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Gregory of Nazianzus on the Three and the One
No sooner do I conceive of the One than I am illumined by the Splendor of the Three; no sooner do I distinguish Them than I am carried back to the One. When I think of any One of the Three…
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Interrupting the Silence 