Living up to the letter
October 22, 2011
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,to Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and
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Holy Places
October 20, 2011
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There are holy places that seem to draw us toward the transcendent.
The humility of God
October 20, 2011
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“One must have the courage to say that the goodness of Christ appeared greater and more divine and truly conformed to the image of the
Loving Lawbreaker
October 19, 2011
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Today we read a story of Jesus’ breaking one of the Ten Commandments.
Rest and Acceptance
October 18, 2011
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A pivotal a moment in the Christian journey happens when we realize that we are loved and accepted completely, just as we are. That is a moment of conversion. Conversion happens when we quit trying to earn love and simply accept it.
Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum
October 17, 2011
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Sometimes I’ve wondered how I might have responded had I lived in Galilee during Jesus’ ministry. Would I have paid attention to him and to his movement? Would I have listened and responded?
The unpredictability of welcome
October 16, 2011
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How, then, do we honor our Baptismal Covenant and “proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ” when “evangelism” in the traditional sense gives us the heebie-jeebies? how do we move from, in the words of church consultant Andrew D. Weeks, from “friendly fellowship” to “risky hospitality?”
Teresa of Avila
October 15, 2011
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Commemoration of Teresa of Avila We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but
“God kept me for the work for which I am best fitted”
October 14, 2011
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Friday, October 14, 2011 — Week of Proper 23, Year One Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906 Today’s Readings for the Daily Office
The hairs of our heads are numbered
October 13, 2011
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God knows infinite things, all things, and heeds them all in particular. We cannot “do two things at once,” that is cannot give our full
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