Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
The final day of Christmas, and we must move on. The Magi at Epiphany beckon us forward. They represent that part of us that yearns for understanding, for confidence and hope, for life as we sense it was meant to be. They are willing to take some risk, to stretch their horizons, to take the [...]
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Good is the flesh that the Word has become, good is the birthing, the milk in the breast, good is the feeding, caressing and rest, good is the body for knowing the world, Good is the flesh that the Word has become. Good is the body for knowing the world, sensing the sunlight, the tug [...]
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The fourth week of Advent (this year a full seven days, thank God), promises to be active with preparations, last minute purchases, and social engagements. In my parish office, we are busy getting ready for the Festival of the Nativity and the many guests we expect on Christmas Eve. Spiritually, the goal is the same: getting [...]
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At the Ordination of Priests for the Diocese of Virginia on Saturday, those gathered witnessed an extraordinary sermon by The Rev. Dr. Roger Ferlo of Virginia Theological Seminary. Dr. Ferlo reminded us that, “Jesus dwells among us in what Scripture and our Eucharistic Prayer describe as ‘these last days,’ the ‘meantime,’ the time between Christ’s [...]
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On the Feast of St. Francis, it is good to remember his love of the created world. For Francis, the world was an alternative Prayer Book where the Vestigia Dei, the footprints of God, could be found everywhere. Ian Cron’s wonderful book, Chasing Francis, quotes this passage from The Second Life of Saint Francis of Assisi by Thomas of [...]
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I was privileged last Sunday to worship with the community who call Liverpool Cathedral their spiritual home. The magnificence of the Cathedral, completed just 30 years ago, gives your spirit wings simply by the beauty of the holiness that surrounds you on every side. Or is it the holiness of beauty? Whether in a towering cathedral or a simple [...]
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“We do not merely want to see beauty, though God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it.” — C.S. Lewis, The [...]
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“All things in moderation, with a few glorious exceptions.” – Robert Mondavi During my summer sabbatical, I have been exploring the relationship between the creative arts and the soul’s search for God. By “creative arts” I mean at least music, poetry, visual arts, architecture–the culinary and viticultural arts as well. Last week, Debbie and I [...]
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“A Poet, a Painter, a Musician, an Architect: the Man or Woman who is not one of these is not a Christian.” William Blake What do you think Blake is trying to say?
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I was saddened to learn today of the death of the Rev. Dr. John R.W. Stott, an Anglican priest, Biblical scholar, and a living example of generous-spirited evangelical Christianity whose ministry will have a lasting impact upon my life, and that of my family for years to come. In the nascent years of an adult [...]
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