Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
Here are a number of good online Advent Resources to explore: The Church of England has its own online Advent calendar The Episcopal Diocese of Washington’s 2009 version begins with a brilliantly-colored nativity scene that is actually a child’s puzzle by a Sri Lankan cooperative working with SERRV International. The Diocese of Maryland’s 2009 calendar features daily mediations [...]
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Grateful for each hand we hold Gathered round this table. From far and near we travel home, Blessed that we are able. Grateful for this sheltered place With light in every window, Saying “welcome, welcome, share this feast Come in away from sorrow.” Father, mother, daughter, son, Neighbor, friend and friendless; All together everyone in [...]
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, speaking at a congress in Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, called for a renewed effort in promoting greater visible unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics. “Since the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Church has been involved in a number of dialogues with other churches – including with [...]
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In a sermon given at All Saints Margaret Street on November 1, Archbishop Rowan Williams reminded his listeners that God does not make himself credible by argument, but by the lives and deaths of faithful people who engage their human journey with courage and hope. Speaking about our “contemporary anxieties” in the Anglican Communion, Rowan [...]
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In early October, I had the good fortune to attend the clergy retreat of the Diocese of Virginia and hear meditations offered by both Br. Curtis Almquist (Superior) and Br. Geoffry Tristram from the Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE). I was particularly struck by Brother Geoffry’s meditation on “Stewards of God’s Mysteries,” in [...]
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