What follows is a subsequent chapter of the work-in-progress I shared last week, Characters of God. (You can read the premise of the work and the first chapter here.) These chapters originated as meditations for a men’s and later a women’s silent retreat. The meditations originally focused upon male or […]
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This past Sunday we sang a hymn with the title above that I had never sung before. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the author was Gilbert Keith Chesterton, one of my favorite authors. Hymn 521, O God of Earth and Altar, by G. K. Chesterton: O God of […]
Today’s Gospel reading (in the Book of Common Prayer was from Luke 13.1-9. The final portion reads: Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See […]
I have been debating about sharing work in progress on the blog. A group of us discussed it at this year’s SBL (podcast here) and most seemed to feel that publishers wouldn’t mind at that it would be a good way to get feedback from others in the field. So […]
In comments on my post regarding Koppel’s panel and then on his own blog “DaNutz” Mike Leaptrott expresses his appreciate for The Lost Tomb of Jesus and his dislike of The Critical Look panel discussion that Ted Koppel led. I thought I would post here (instead of in the comments […]
Letters Dimissory Clergy may transfer canonical residence from one diocesan jurisdiction to another by presentation of Letters Dimissory from the ecclesiastical authority of the former diocese to the ecclesiastical authority of the new diocese. It is a testimonial by the ecclesiastical authority of the former diocese (typically a bishop) that […]
Oh my. This can’t be good. (Although Roseanne Barr would have been worse.) I wonder if she will be an Episcopalian priest, you know, to keep that whole Anglican thing going. I am sure that Kirstie Alley is a nice person and all that, but I just can’t see it…. […]
Read, enjoy, follow the links, read, enjoy, rinse, repeat. How to survive while listening to a sermon I found this cartoon of mine on the following rather splendid page: How to survive while listening to a sermon These notes are set down in sympathetic recognition of the fact that most […]
From EDOLA (Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana). Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Many of us awoke this day to learn of another tragedy in and around New Orleans – several tornados touched down around 2:30AM, causing damage ranging from moderate to severe in the areas of the Westbank, Carrollton, […]