Literate Christians.
What does that mean?
Throughout the Bible we read the message to teach the ways of God to the people of God. We are to teach our children the ways of God and to show them the way of life.
One example is Deuteronomy 11:19 Teach them to your children, talking about them ...
2 Corinthians 6:11 - 13
11We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. 12We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 13As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
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As I have posted, “I am back”! (from my Sabbatical)
I have so much to share. I would love to tell you about my three months away. I have enjoyed and been blessed by this time. Thank you. I missed you all, but shortly into the Sabbatical I discovered how much I needed the ...
The question was posed to me this past week, “Why do people give up little things like chocolate or coffee during Lent?” Well, let me start with a disclosure – I did give up coffee this year. It may seem like a little thing, but it can have spiritual significance. It is not about ...
Dear Trinitarians,
Are you looking for a way to deepen your relationship to Christ and His Church? Are you looking to become a little more discipline in your Christian walk? Are you seeking a way to encounter the power of God which moves to a new place in your relationship to ...
We believe in sacred space… be that Moses and the burning bush, the place of Jacob’s dream, the location of the crucifixion of Jesus, or the “worship space” of our Sunday morning gatherings. Sacred space does not mean God is more present in one place than another. ...
Sacred space exists because God reveals some special grace and purpose to His people. We, God's people enter that space and clothe it in such a manner that it communicates the reality of the sacred.
One reason space is important to us is because humans take up space. We want our space to be ...
What is sacred Space? What does it mean to enter sacred space? How is it different from ordinary space?
Sacred space is not created by human beings, or identified by human beings. Sacred (holy) space is due to God’s work, God’s self-revelation. God is everywhere and so this does not ...
Entering Sacred Space and Time VI
I want to begin at the end.
My parents taught me to say “thank you” after attending a birthday party, a sleep over, or anytime I had been in ...
What is it that you place in the offering plate every Sunday?
It is a symbol.
It is a symbol of your past.
It is a symbol of the years you spent in school – offered to God.
It is a symbol of the sacrifices you made to learn a skill, a trade a vocation.
It is a symbol of the ...
I have so much to share. I would love to tell you about my three month Sabbatical. I have enjoyed and been blessed by this time. Thank you. I missed you all, but shortly into the Sabbatical I discovered how much I needed the time.
I have traveled almost 9,000 miles this summer by car, train, and ship. I have studied, played (yes, a zip-line over 700 feet!), prayed and stood in awe at the base of a glacier. I have read more “fun” books over these three months than I have in a long time. Yes, most of the books were science fiction.
While I have been away, I have not been unaware of the news. In this day and age it is almost impossible not to have the news put in front of you. It is everywhere…
I watched a Confederate Flag come down at a Statehouse, a USA Flag raised over Cuba, and the rainbow flag waved all over the country. I watched marches, seen banners and placards, heard chants and saw people kneel in prayer. The Supreme Court spoke and the Episcopal Church voted. Some people cheered, some grieved.
As I watched the news or read the paper, I saw fear in the eyes of some, hope in the eyes of others.
In all this, I prayed for you. I hoped for you. I believed in you and your ability not to let the events harm our common life. Your love for Christ, His Church, and each other is strong. I am not sure of the conversations you have all had in your small groups and coffee hour moments. But I hope they were examples of Christ’s sacrificial love and manifested the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
I want to talk.
I want to talk about so much of this.
I want to talk, but I have a question. I wonder if we are brave enough to have a civilized conversation and end it in unity and love. I wonder if we can, as we promise in our Baptismal Covenant, “to respect the dignity of every human being”, and “seek and serve Christ in all people” as we talk about volatile topics; as we talk about issues we approach with a great deal of emotion. I believe we can.
What does it mean to be Christ to all people – to be Christ even with the haters and the hated? What does it mean to sit at Jesus table and talk to each other?
I want to talk…
Dear people of Trinity,
I am back. I love you all. What is God asking of us as we move into Trinity’s tomorrow?