What can the church do in light of horrors like Mosul? How about a Fast? On August 23rd, will you engage in a day-long fast in order to echo the mourning around the world, and to plead for God to act mightily? Continue reading
What does it mean to have both boldness and humility in prayer? What does it mean to be confident in prayers power, but also questioning in our own understanding of all things heavenly? This post started as an article, but ended as a poem Continue reading
A bible study group decided to pray for the children of the parish; one name each, for a month. Continue reading
One would not expect to be able to complete a physically demanding endurance exercise without training. One hopes that as Christians we spiritually prepare ourselves for the endurance exercise that is life. Continue reading
May we all have a peaceful, prayerful, and meaningful Holy Week; may we all journey forward upheld in prayer. Continue reading
It’s OK to not be OK. It’s OK to not know what to do. It doesn’t mean you are weak or faithless. It doesn’t mean that God is turning his back on you. It means you are human. Continue reading
When asked to pray, I do: at home with candle lighted, in hospitals, in prisons, in pews, in the produce section of the grocery store. A recent circumstance had me asking for prayers, and it renewed my appreciation of – and intentionality towards – what it means when I am asked to pray for others. Continue reading
I found myself asking these questions a number of years ago, after visiting a parishioner that the prayer team reported to have been rushed away in an ambulance just days before. “I was not,” she clarified, annoyed, “and perhaps the gossip team should consider minding its own business.” Continue reading
Reflecting on my first meeting at the Council of General Synod, I believe that the church will continue to thrive in its mission because we are here in faithful response to the movement of the Spirit amongst us. Continue reading
The actions we undertake as the community of faith are not futile, nor self serving. When we engage in prayer and action, the barriers we may perceive can help us in fact, to move through the calamity and claim our place in God’s world, as we partner with God to address the states and situations that cause us grief and terror. Continue reading
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