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5 Years Ordained
Today is the fifth anniversary of my ordination as a presbyter. Of course, I’m celebrating appropriately–writing sermons for a funeral on Saturday and for Pentecost on Sunday. Rather than reflect on all that I have been a part of over the last five years, I am instead struck by this picture. It dawned on me…
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The Gut-Ball of Frustration
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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Hearing Jesus: my manifesto
The most profound thing Jesus ever taught wasn’t something he said. It is something he did. He split his time with his followers and took on a different posture for each group. And of course, there are three groups: The Needy Jesus gave his greatest gifts to those most in need of it: his time,…
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When Moses becomes Aaron
Perhaps the most appropriate passage for religious leadership in all of Scripture can be found in Exodus 3: the burning bush story. We know how it goes. GOD reveals the divine name and identity to Moses and gives him instructions. It is one of the most iconic moments in the Judeao-Christian shared story. It is…
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into the wild
Though I’ve read the book by Jon Krakauer, this isn’t a book review, or even a direct allusion. But maybe it is. It seems as if we are bound to our domesticated life by shear will and determination. It is out in the wild that we actually yearn to live. Maybe its time we moved…
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Being a bishop today
Today, so much is expected out of bishops, that they aren’t able to do any of those things.
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Seminary Truths 103
If you are following my ongoing discussion of seminary (previous posts here and here), you might want to check out these other places, including this one from Tribal Church and a particularly good conversation at Sarx (as directed from the other link).
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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…