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“First, imagine this is bread…”
“…everybody got it? OK, because you’re never going to believe what else it is.” I found this picture online and that is the first thing that popped into my head. Jonny Baker, in his blog, directed his readers to an article in the Church of England Newspaper entitled “The Eucharist re-examined“. You’ll find the picture…
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simplicity
Through Lent, St. Paul’s is holding a Lenten Program about Simplicity. The concept, as I see it, being this: We have complicated lives and live in a complex world, but it need not be so. This complexity separates us from one another and from God. To achieve balance in our lives, we must remove what…
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Finding the conservative voice
If we are to listen to the media coverage surrounding The Episcopal Church, one would think that there aren’t any conservatives left. Man, are they wrong!
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Seminary Truths 102
I loved seminary. I continue to believe in it. I would be completely unprepared for the priesthood had I not done seminary. In fact, I might be the poster child for pre-seminary idiocy and indifference to the workings of the church. Seminary is the training ground, afterall, for the future leaders of the church. Seminary…
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Why shrinking is a good thing
Our constant pursuit of “bigger” isn’t always better. As this story shows, better often comes from getting smaller.
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Change has already happened
Even though our church buildings have changed, two important questions come up: Are there important changes yet to make? Have we, perhaps, made the wrong changes?
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12 things the Church can do to save itself
There are so many things that we do–right and wrong. Most of them go unexamined. The following list of twelve things is intended to shed a light on how we actually behave, and hopefully, reveal ways to make worthwhile changes. 12. be as we say The cliché is to not only talk the talk but…