practice
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Regular or Irregular?
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2 min read
Are you trying to decide whether to do something regularly or irregularly? Common wisdom has a preference but the question is do you?
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Believe is an active verb
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1 min read
What it means to believe is to live a certain way, not simply believe certain things. It requires a life of difference and effort.
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I missed a day
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1 min read
Writing everyday is a discipline. Missing a day is less a failure than an opportunity to practice commitment.
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Epiklesis
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6 min read
The epiklesis is the magic moment of the Great Thanksgiving. It is the great crescendo of the service of Holy Eucharist. It is the “shhh, everybody, shh! Here it is!” moment of the preparation of the table for communion. The prayer, which begins in a great gathering, tells of the great story, and reminds us…
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Children
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6 min read
Any conversation about children in church must begin with children. I say this knowing that it is rarely the case. Much more likely that we begin with how adults handle children or what adults want for their children or what adults can have without children present. I know that this is a touchy subject. But…
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Entrance
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3 min read
How do we enter into church? The building, the people, the concept… How do we come in? Do we walk…stroll…shimmy? Do we slink in and sit in the back? Stride to the front? Get lost in the middle? Do we seek out the familiar pew in the familiar space? Is it the same community of…