Interrupting the Silence

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  • Etty Hillesum – Finding Beauty, Meaning, and Optimism

    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 a postcard from the train. It was found and mailed by some farmers. It read, Read more

  • May God Bless You With Anger, Tears, Foolishness

    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 so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and turn their pain Read more

  • When There is No Mystery

    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, it seems, the most common way of answering that question is at a surface level Read more

  • Divinity Hidden

    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 never find it again. Where to hide it became the big question. The lesser gods Read more

  • Looking for Someone to Resurrect

    I called through your door, “The mystics are gathering in the street. Come out!” “Leave me alone. I’m sick.” “I don’t care if you’re dead! Jesus is here, and he wants to resurrect somebody!” — Rumi Read more

  • A Share with the Bishop

    Today my Bishop gathered with his six priests of the Western Convocation of our diocese to celebrate the Holy Eucharist. That in itself is not too unusual. He is pastoral, caring, and available to his clergy. Today, however, was different. After the liturgy of the word and a homily he got down on his knees Read more

  • Elchaninov: God’s Will is in the Present Moment

    Our continual mistake is that we do not concentrate upon the present day, the actual hour, of our life; we live in the past or the future; we are continually expecting the coming of some special moment when our life will unfold itself in its full significance. And we do not notice that life is Read more

  • The Faces of Christ

    Daily the news reports to us the pain of the world. We see the hungry, the homeless, the refugees, the frightened, the orphaned, the imprisoned, the displaced, the abused, and the wounded. At first glance they may seem to be the anonymous faces of headlines. Andrew at Salt of the Earth offers some convicting words Read more

  • Certain or Faithful?

    I am generally wary of people who seem too certain in their faith. Some might say I am equivocal or unwilling to make a commitment. Others might say I have fallen into relativism and that if I had more faith I would be certain. Or maybe it is jealousy; certainty has never really been my Read more