Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
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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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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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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“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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“When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul” (1 Samuel 18:1). In my sermon today I suggested that there is between a father and his children, a bonding of soul similar to the bonding of soul between [...]
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A wonderful recent photo of my Dad and little Andrew Palmer by my niece, Jenni Palmer. An interesting feature in the Gospels is the number of people with physical and mental illnesses (‘unclean spirits’) that Jesus encountered during his ministry. One can imagine that these encounters made a constant impact on Jesus, eliciting his compassion and attention. [...]
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Margaret M. Treadwell, M.S.W. has written a wonderful piece on Daily Episcopalian about hope and self-differentiation. Here’s an excerpt: As the days have unfolded since my peak experience on January 20th [Obama's Innauguration], I’ve been wondering what we really mean by hope and how to keep it alive with the worsening world news from the [...]
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On this Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, we tell the story of Jesus with Peter, James, and John and their experience of transfiguration. On that mountaintop, the disciples are permitted a glimpse of God’s transcendent glory on the face of Jesus, and so are shown the point of it all. For [...]
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