Several of us traveled to England in February, 2016. While we are each reflecting in our own words what this experience meant to us and how it might be integrated back into our lives and ministry, we wanted to share some of the themes and most important learnings in one place. So here are the […]
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I nearly froze when she said we were going to watch “The Antwone Fischer Story.” I thought to myself, “The f@!* I am! I already watched that, lived that, and it’s not worth repeating.” As Mary Laymon, our facilitator, would go on to explain, my anxiety was high and I felt out of control because […]
On Tuesday evenings during Eastertide, a handful of folks have been meeting at a park on the busiest intersection in Northside for a brief gathering called Night Prayer in Northside. Earlier this year, I fell in love with the “Litany of Intercession in the Night” from Saint Augustine’s Prayer Book while on a retreat. What […]
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Jane and I were asked to present a talk at Deacon’s School, on the subject “What is Church?” Below you will find the Prezi we created to help us lead the discussion.
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Happy are the people whose strength is in you! whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way. Psalm 84:4 The word “Hebrew,” say some scholars, is derived from the Akkadian habiru, “pilgrim people.” The portrait of the ancient Hebrews that comes across in the Old Testament—a nomadic people in search of both a physical and a spiritual homeland—fits […]
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