A Sunday Outdoors!
And God saw that it was good…. In the story of creation right at the very beginning of the Bible in the Book of Genesis, God created the world and all that we know as creation over seven days. As God accomplished a creative task, he sat back and declared that the creation was good.
Read More »Alice Swift’s Homecoming
O God, whose beloved Son took children in his arms and blessed them: Give us grace to entrust Alice to your never-failing care and love. Book of Common Prayer, p. 494 Most of us at Memorial Church didn’t know Alice Swift. In fact, most people would have never seen her. Alice was a quiet, little
Read More »The Way Forward
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. John 6 How do you find the way forward? How are you fed on the way? What if you can’t find the way any longer? What if you have lost your way? In the lectionary passages the
Read More »Nimble Nomads
When David, the King, was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” 2 Samuel 7:1 The Israelites historically were
Read More »General Convention: Final Days and Home
Feed my lambs…Tend my sheep… It’s hard to believe, but General Convention—that great, crazy, amazing gathering of Episcopalians—is over until we gather again inSalt Lake Citythree years from now. What did it all mean? The world at large has responded to our General Convention by saying that the Episcopal Church is a dying breed (see
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