So now we have “The Great Commandment” but what are we going to do with it?
Tag: Episcopal
Compassion in Action: It’s What I Learned in Kindergarten
Jesus gave us a way to negotiate community living. It is both simple and very, very difficult.
Mind the Gap: We Stand Between the Kingdom of God & the World
Some of us retreated to Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg last weekend. It was a wonderful time. For me, it was wonderful because I got to know some people a little better. Plus we were well taken care of—good food, comfortable places to sleep, and lots of leisure time. The lack of some things, like cell…
We Are All Blind
We all have moments of blindness…and are invited to see the world with the eyes of God.
Who Am I? Reach Beyond Vocation to Identity
If you always strive to be who you are made to be, you find yourself being better suited and ready to do whatever duties that the world puts on you.
Lessons in Authority & Healing
I started my weekend on Friday afternoon. My family decided to go to the movies. We decided that we were going to see X-Men: Apocalypse (No fear, I promise you that, since the movie just opened, there will be no spoilers in this sermon.) As we drove to the theater, I noticed that many of…
Abiding Love & the Journey of Marriage
In the best marriages each person is both lucky AND wonderful.
Guess How Much God Loves You
Anyone who has ever known a kid has had the experience of reading the same story over and over and over again. And then reading it a few hundred more times. This is a story book that was a favorite of both my daughters. I read it about a million times. It’s called Guess How…
The Wisdom of Welcome
The other day on television, I was watching a reality cooking show called the Rachel Ray’s Kids Cook Off. All of these 11 and 12 year olds are competing to win the chance to do an on-line cooking show and win money that will be put away as a scholarship to cooking school when they…
When Your Brain Lies to You…
The human brain is miraculous and complex. The way our brains work allows us to be creative, innovative, collaborative, empathetic, humorous, and intelligent. The mind of the artist captures the beauty of the world in new and profound ways. The brain of the storyteller captures the human experience with all of its profundity in…
The Hunt for Easter
Nearly every year, I find myself standing with a bunch of other parents partaking in a familiar Easter ritual—the Easter egg hunt. We wait while the children are split into age groups and then for the organizers to give the signal that starts the search. It got me to thinking about my older daughter’s first…
Scattered Revelations 