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Once upon a time
“Once upon a time …” The telling of stories is as old as childhood, and as perennial. But why? What purpose does it serve to play out fantasies and memories, wish-fulfillment and nightmares, tragedy and romance, comedy and satire in … Continue reading
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Tagged imagination, once upon a time, shared experience, story-telling
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Mission Elyria – in action!
Courtesy of my talented colleague, the Reverend Sahra Harding, of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, here is some tape of the youth in action at Mission Week Elyria, starting with the closing reflections from the final Sunday. The text for the first … Continue reading
How to choose a church: post-Sunday update
So, I went on Sunday to the church with the less smiley website, because I believe in second chances, because it does me good to step out of my natural comfort zone (though this place was hardly a stretch), and … Continue reading
Please, pray for peace
I am running out of things to say. I am running out of words to pray: God knows, we need some peace, some sanity, some way to curb the violence. I grew up in Britain, where turbans are a commonplace … Continue reading
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Tagged God, gun control, gun violence, peace, Sikh temple, Wisconsin shooting
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How to choose a church
It’s been quite a while since I last needed to make a decision about where to worship this Sunday. It turns out to be an eye-opener. So, first stop, the website. Is there one? If not, sorry, but I don’t … Continue reading
Playing chicken
I’m not generally a big fan of fast food. I understand the appeal, but I don’t find it that appealing. I appreciate flavours that have had time to develop, to marinate their way through my food, to marry themselves into … Continue reading
Life and laundry
You know how sometimes life seems to just stack up like laundry? Like the kind of laundry that gets washed and dried and folded and set aside until the pile grows so high that it’s too heavy to move, or … Continue reading
Mission Imp? Possibly
I feel as though I should be blogging about our mission week. It’s great. We have a couple of dozen awesome youth, some great adult companions, the clients whose houses and properties we’re working on are inspirational and funny and … Continue reading
Candles
Today, my friend is burying his father, who died on Sunday, the sixth anniversary of my own mother’s death. On Sunday, I lit a candle for my mother at the back of the church, and a young parishioner came to … Continue reading
A dark night
Around three this morning, I heard my daughter come up the stairs, and I rolled over and went back to sleep. Later this morning I read the news from across the country of those who did not come home from … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado, Dark Knight, July 20 2012, movie, prayer
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