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Human Transformation

The Crowning Glory of a Grandchild

July 30, 2010

Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children (Proverbs 17:6). Over the last several months Deb and I have received so many words of encouragement and affirmation as we waited and prayed for our daughter and her husband’s (Rebecca and Nate) first child to be born.  “You’ll love [...]

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You Can Be Spiritual And Religious

June 4, 2010

This week, I came across an article by James Martin, a nationally known Jesuit priest, who spoke to the popular phrase “I’m spiritual, just not religious” and explained that this kind of thinking might be a way of saying that religion means, “abiding by arcane rules and hidebound dogmas, and being the tool of an [...]

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Hi-lar-i-ter!

April 3, 2010

From Hymn 211 in the Hymnal 1982. The whole bright world rejoices now, Hilariter, hilariter! The birds do sing on every bough, Alleluia, alleluia! Then shout beneath the racing skies, Hilariter, hilariter! To him who rose that we might rise, Alleluia, alleluia! And all you living things make praise, Hilariter, hilariter! He guideth you on [...]

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A Stone Cold Reminder

February 20, 2010

Some people give up something for Lent, like a favorite food. Alabama Episcopal Bishop Henry N. Parsley brings something extra with him during Lent.  “I carry a stone in my pocket,” Parsley said on Ash Wednesday as he opened the Lenten preaching series at Cathedral Church of the Advent. He held it in his fingers [...]

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Credo: Better is a world built on love, not Darwinian struggle

January 25, 2010

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes in the Times Online about a central conviction of his faith: If the Universe was brought into being by One beyond the Universe, then it was created by a being who desires to bring things into being. The simplest way of expressing this is: God created the Universe in love. For [...]

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The Hope of Christmas

December 24, 2009

In the Hymn “Once in David’s Royal City,” there comes this line: For he is our lifelong pattern: day by day like us he grew; he was little, weak, and helpless; tears and smiles like us he knew: and he feels for all our sadness, and he shares in all our gladness. “Our lifelong pattern” [...]

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A Living Legacy

September 5, 2009

Earlier this week, a requiem Eucharist was held for my father, The Rev. Canon David C. Lord, Rector Emeritus at Trinity Episcopal Church in Vero Beach, Florida.  As a priest, I have prayed the rites of Christian Burial at countless funerals and have walked along side those who were filled with the fragile emotions of [...]

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On The Death of My Father

August 28, 2009

Last evening, my father, died a good and peaceful death.  Dad had been suffering from severe respiratory distress and other complications due to the acute myelogenous leukemia that was slowly but firmly diminishing his physical strength.  He courageously made the decision to stop medical care and begin palliative care at the hospice center located at [...]

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Sarah Coakley: Living prayer and leadership

August 18, 2009

The professor of theology at Cambridge University says silent attention to God is the anchor of leadership. Q: How would you tell institutional leaders who want to be guided by their faith that they ought to think differently about power? The presumption about power in the world is that there are two alternatives: either top-down [...]

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First Thoughts

August 17, 2009

“For Christians, the beginning of the day should not be burdened and haunted by the various kinds of concerns that they face during the day. The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all impurity, all worry and anxiety flee before him. Therefore, in the early morning hours of [...]

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