Evangelism
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Why priests must learn to code
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7 min read
I’m generally not one to encourage business models in church: we’re generally saturated with them already. Or, more to the point, we apply them indiscriminately, with the idea that churches in general need to function more efficiently and take on a more corporate strategy. My own denomination, The Episcopal Church, did this with gusto in…
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Word obsessed
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2 min read
Lately, though, words have begun to mean even more to me. Not simply because I write, teach, and preach as a priest or as a sentry posted to defend orthodoxy from the heretics. [That’s all nonsense to me, by the way.] But because our faith keeps coming back to words. Simply words. Having words. Words…
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a Homily for The Day of Pentecost Text: Acts 2:1-21 Into the Unknown There are those moments when we read scripture that, if you’re anything like me, you are saying “Yeah…I’m not sure I would’ve done that.” Last week, we read about how Jesus left the disciples, disappearing behind a cloud. The disciples went back…
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there is no freedom to convert
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1 min read
Check out Christian Piatt’s post: If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will. Piatt’s argument of a Texas school being allowed to evangelize strikes the exact right note. It is hard to claim freedom from oppression when one’s own expression is oppressive.
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The Thunder Blunder (Eating Scripture)
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1 min read
Eating Mark 10: 35-45 This whole arc in Mark has been about discipleship; about following Jesus where He is going. Which is Jerusalem and death. And then resurrection. After Jesus foretells His death for the third time, we have this third epic fail. And it is a doozy. Unfortunately for us, even though we recognize half…