Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
There was a recent dust-up on the social network Facebook, when the legendary author Anne Rice publicly announced that she was giving up on Christianity. She was giving up because she could no longer stand to listen to people who in the name of Jesus were declaring themselves righteous and declaring others worthy of condemnation. [...]
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On Saturday, my youngest daughter, Julia and her wonderful fiancé, Aaron, stood before the altar of St. James’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, surrounded by family and friends, and made their marriage vows to one another. I had the privilege of walking Julia down the aisle and presenting her for marriage. I also gave the homily [...]
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From Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks on BBC4 “Thought for the Day”: Tonight is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the Festival that celebrates the anniversary of creation, the moment God said “Let there be,” and there was. So it was with a wry smile that I read the headline last week about scientist Stephen [...]
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Just a week or so ago, while having lunch with our current Minister of Music, Mitchell Edgar-Galloway, and Bill Roberts of Virginia Seminary about our upcoming parish retreat at Shrine Mont, we talked about our enthusiasm for Maurice Duruflé’s choral setting of the Requiem Mass (I know, how typical for church musicians and clergy types). [...]
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While doing some research for my sermon this Sunday, I came across a unique web-site titled, The Sabbath Manifesto, a creative project by a group of Jewish artists in search of a modern way to observe a weekly day of rest. They have created 10 core principles and offer them to anyone looking for ways [...]
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Think for a moment about the significance of worship on Sunday (or any other day of regular worship for that matter). The gathering, the readings, the preaching, the singing, the breaking of bread – why do we do this week after week? I wonder sometimes with the amount of work that goes into preparing and [...]
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The Episcopal Church gives significant support to its clergy through wellness programs such as CREDO, an eight-day conference that allows participants to focus on four areas affecting overall wellness (spiritual, vocational, health, financial). I’ve been fortunate to attend two of these conferences over the last ten years. I’m not sure one can survive in pastoral [...]
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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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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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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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