My father was a Forward Observer for the 590th Field Artillery Battalion, a unit of the 106th ‘Golden Lions’ which fought in the WWII Battle of the Bulge. In dad’s war journal, written after he returned, are the following entries: December 16, 1944: All hell breaks loose. The next entry is dated April 4, 1945: We are freed.
There is no doubt that the Son of God took our human nature into so close a union with himself that one and the same Christ is present, not only in the firstborn of all creation, but in all his saints as well. And so all that the Son of God did and taught for the world’s reconciliation is not for us simply a matter of past history. Here and now we experience his power at work among us.
A hearing is set for Friday November 12 to determine procedures and set the trial schedule. Among the questions is whether the nine cases will be consolidated. The parties anticipate the briefing and trial period to be April – June 2011.
A man who starts preparing his sermon at 10 p.m. on Saturday and finishes it at 2 a.m. on Sunday might arrive in the pulpit looking like a weary Willie. Many members of our congregation are women; they see people rather differently from us. They notice that a preacher has a clean collar, or that he is wearing one that might be cleaner. They spend the rest of the sermon wondering about things that need cleaning at home
The Archbishop of Canterbury took a break from one sticky wicket for another. ++Rowan Williams could be found in Telford launching a new ale “Sticky
“To print only opinions with which we all agree does not teach us or encourage us to learn or to think about an issue in a different way,” said resigning board member Pat Faulkner. The Biblical Recorder has always considered itself editorially independent. But two weeks ago, editor Norman Jameson resigned amid threats to strip the paper of its funding from the state convention.
I noted that it was entirely possible that voting in the Rev. Martins’ favor could potentially be good for the Church, and said that I would “happily surrender” my objection “if someone could explain to me why a person who is never going to embrace the notion of diocesan autonomy (i. e., me) should support a bishop who has not made up his mind about this issue.” So far, no takers.
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I have reflected at length upon spiritual discipline, what it is, what motivates it at best, what it is oriented toward. I have concluded that I cannot “capture” it with my mind, because it inevitably involves what I regard as opposites—strictness and fear as well as generosity and delight. It seems to me that at some point I must simply give up my struggle to understand and give myself to a regimen that has been tested by others of faith.