March 2009

As We Are

by Rick Lord on March 22, 2009

in Liturgy

Every Sunday, the liturgy of the Episcopal Church begins with “The Collect for Purity,” – which means a prayer that “collects together” certain themes for reflection by the gathered community: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by [...]

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Sufficiency vs. Scarcity

by Rick Lord on March 13, 2009

in Current Affairs

Bernard L. Madoff was sent to jail Thursday after confessing to one of the largest financial frauds in history, telling a courtroom filled with people he cheated that he was “sorry and ashamed” for bilking so many out of their life savings. One can only imagine the betrayal of trust and the agony felt by [...]

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Iona – Acoustic Guitar/Vocal

by Rick Lord on March 2, 2009

in Music Projects

The high point of a sabbatical pilgrimage to Scotland in the summer of 2002, was my stay on the remote and beautiful Hebridean Island, Iona, just off the Western tip of the Ross of Mull. The community St. Columba founded on Iona in AD 563 became the center for an early, northern renaissance in which [...]

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Practicing hopefulness by living “as if”

by Rick Lord on March 2, 2009

in Best Practices,Human Transformation

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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