A Paradoxy Church
Churches are always insufficient for the formation of faith: they are also all we’ve got. Faith is both mundane and transcendent.
Churches are always insufficient for the formation of faith: they are also all we’ve got. Faith is both mundane and transcendent.
When Jesus spoke the parable of the lost sheep, I don’t think he had in mind that the one sheep represented the rich while the ninety-nine were the poor and even middle-class. But then, maybe that one lost sheep needs the shepherding because it is determined to go its own way while the ninety-nine stay together for mutual help and support.
While the rest of the world lights up for the mid-winter season’s crazy blend of commercialism, festival and cultural Christianity, most of our Episcopal Church’s remain externally dark, unadorned, and preciously uncontaminated by the happy secularism all around us. But why?
The autumn gusts produced by an advancing cold front are literally turning the trees outside of my home into woodwinds. Flute and oboe tones rustle
Derek Penwell on
Today is Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day or Armistice Day elsewhere, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
The Washington National Cathedral will host Muslim prayer service on Friday. The service, which will begin around 12:20 and is for invited guests only. From
by Louie Clay Warning: Get a large salt shaker and sprinkle all over your CRT. More than a grain is required. I’m glad you’ve gotten