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Bread of life recipe
Flour (an offering of the fine stuff) Yeast (use sparingly: a little leavens the whole loaf) Water (living brand preferred) Salt (make sure it has not lost its saltiness) Need. Rest. Need again. Rest again. Come unto me all ye … Continue reading
Science and religion
There are books and periodicals and articles and blogs and essays galore written to tell us that science and religion do not mix. More than that, that they are antithetical to one another. If you have faith, you must give … Continue reading
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Tagged Eden, God, holy women holy men, Johannes Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus, science and religion, universe
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Stations of the Cross
I have spent some time this week replacing our traditional Stations of the Cross – marked by burlap and felt minimally abstracted designs hung at fourteen points around the church sanctuary – with “interactive” or “experiential” Stations. I think I’ll … Continue reading
Anglican prayer beads: A Lenten cycle
Revised and updated Lent 2019. A previous version used “Week” to describe the Cruciform beads, and divided those weeks into “Days” for the smaller 28 beads – which is how I was taught the terminology. However, having discovered that this … Continue reading
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Tagged anglican rosary, book of common prayer, Book of Occasional Services, Lent, meditation, prayer, prayer beads
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Juxtapositions
Last Wednesday, I told a score of people or more that they were going to die. “You are dust,” I reminded them, “and to dust you will return.” And I marked their faces with ash. In the line was my youngest … Continue reading
Fasting = Feasting on Life
Last night, as we finished serving the people, I looked into the chalice and made a quick decision: contrary to our usual practice, the remaining consecrated wine would be sent to the sacristy to be consumed or reverently disposed of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, bread, Eucharist, fasting, life, mortality, wine
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Holy Innocents
When they told him the story (and how could they not? They couldn’t keep it from him, have it told to him by someone else, who didn’t understand …); when they told him the story, how did they explain it to … Continue reading
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Tagged book of common prayer, God, Herod, Holy Innocents, Jesus
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Psalm 1 – A Walking Meditation
Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and they meditate on his … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Ezekiel 34:12, God, judgment, meditation, Psalm 1, walking
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Life and death, love and tears
Last week, one way or another, I seemed to spend a lot of time standing in the shadows cast by death, and I shared in a lot of grief. Love and tears for the most part characterized those encounters. It seemed quite … Continue reading
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