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  God has a way of opening hearts and minds, often without our realizing it is happening.  At this moment, I am in New York City and have just finished celebrating a Eucharist for the students at The General Theological Seminary—a blessing for me to do and equally blessed by my hearing a fine sermon…

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER ACTS 9: 36-43 Peter’s words of healing are a lesson for us on how we are to live out our lives as followers of Jesus. Question: Have you accepted the equipping for ministry that Jesus gives you? What is your source of power and how do you receive it?   REVELATION…

PALM SUNDAY LECTIONARY   ISAIAH 50: 4-9   A poem written about the prophet’s lonely struggle to survive and keep his integrity in a hostile world. Question: Is your trust in God as strong as Isaiah’s?   PHILIPPIANS 2: 5-11 A story of Jesus, God’s Son, who has all power and glory and gave it…

I think of the beginning of Lent not so much as welcoming a time of introspection, study, and prayer—hopefully leading to personal growth and service to and with others—but more a saying “Goodbye” to a time of celebration within the Epiphany Season.  I like Epiphany.  It seems to appeal to my sensitivity of enjoying being…

THE PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 2, 2014 MALACHI 3: 1-4 God’s announcement of the coming of his messenger, John the Baptist, who speaks God’s words of justice and judgment. Questions: How does God’s desire to purify his people affect you in your daily life? HEBREWS 2: 14-18 Hear how Jesus is the example of how to live…

We are proud to have to have been of service to The Episcopal Church by offering a Prayer Garden in the Exhibit Hall—a special place in the midst of the busyness of General Convention to stop, rest, and pray. When Elizabeth Hart, co-convener, was asked to comment on the Prayer Garden, she said, “I must…

I remember the past with mixed emotions. Some of it was good and some not so good. But as they say, it was what it was (as I remember it). For many of us that was the way of the Church and the way of our formative years in the Church and Faith. For me…