An Episcopal Priest's Sermons, Prayers, and Reflections on Life, Becoming Human, and Discovering Our Divinity
Today, December 12, is the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe, Mother of the true God for whom we live, bearer of Jesus Christ who gives us His Spirit and gives life to the Church. We thank…
Read More The Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe
The tragedy of secularism, which Father Schmemann insists is a Christian heresy, lies in the fact that it distorts, exaggerates and therefore mutilates something true. “Secularism,” he writes, “is above all a negation of worship. Not of God’s existence, not…
Read More Secularism: The Negation of Homo Adorans
A wine bottle fell from a wagon and broke open in a field. That night one hundred beetles and all their cousins gathered. And did some serious binge drinking. They even found some seed husks nearby and began to play…
Read More What Should We Do About That Moon?
Christianity teaches that the world is not eternal, but that there was a time when the world was not, a time when it had no existence. The world was created ex nihilo, created from nothing. If the world was created…
Read More Dominion Over All The Earth
The following posts seem to me worth reading. They challenge us to consider how our faith and spirituality intersect and inform our everyday life: Living in the Present Moment posted at The Byzantine Anglo-Catholic; Pray to God Unceasingly & with…
We awaken in Christ's body as Christ awakens our bodies, and my poor hand is Christ, He enters my foot, and is infinitely me. I move my hand, and wonderfully my hand becomes Christ, becomes all of Him (for God…
Read More Symeon the New Theologian – Christ’s Body
Etty Hillesum was a Dutch Jew born on January 15, 1914. On September 7, 1943, following a deportation order, she boarded a train bound for Poland. The journey was to last three days. Before finally leaving the Netherlands she threw…
Read More Etty Hillesum – Finding Beauty, Meaning, and Optimism
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war…
Read More May God Bless You With Anger, Tears, Foolishness
I was recently asked, “What disturbs you most about the Episcopal Church today?” That is certainly a broad question and can be answered at a number of levels as even a cursory search of the internet reveals. The easiest and,…
Read More When There is No Mystery
There is a Hindu legend about a time when all humans were gods, but they abused that divinity. They so abused it that Brahma, the chief god, decided to take it away from them and hide it where they would…
Interrupting the Silence 