preparation
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Future Now
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2 min read
Why do we struggle with taking steps today that would bring a better tomorrow? We tend to hide part of the equation.
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Preparing for the Advent (Advent 1A)
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2 min read
Getting started with Advent 1A with familiar themes for the season. The most obvious of them is preparation.
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Advent—here now and coming soon
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1 min read
The season of Advent combines the sense of anticipating heaven in the now and at a moment some time in the future.
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Of what I was afraid
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3 min read
To tell you the absolute truth, I was not afraid I would die; I was afraid I would be damaged. Prepping for a colonoscopy, going into the hospital, being put under, being told of what was found: each of these caused concern for me. And if you’ve been reading along, you know my anxiety with…
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The Gut-Ball of Frustration
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3 min read
Phone interviews are different when you are at home most of the day. In the Episcopal Church, our process of discerning a call to ministry in a congregation has several steps. You put all of your info online, answering a bunch of questions. Then contact is made, either presbyter to congregation, presbyter to diocese, congregation…
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Confirmation: Why?
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4 min read
In light of the long evolution of our theology, the troubled and inconsistent history of the Sacrament of Confirmation I was struck on Sunday by our needs for an evolution in the practice of Confirmation.