Monthly Archives: January 2012

What is your most memorable moment in church?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Carol Flett

“What is your most memorable experience in church?” – This is one of my favorite questions to ask newcomers, couples engaged to be married, someone hoping to identify their gifts for ministry or a couple who come in to say … Continue reading →

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Buy your ticket; take the ride.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by stalbansparish

I have always loved roller coasters.  Not the new-fangled loop-de-loops made of the most modern of metals.  They reek of space age engineering and prior planning.  No, I like me the rickety, peeling, wooden ones that seem to be broadcasting, … Continue reading →

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Chrysostom, it rhymes with…?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by matthewhanisian

Today in the church calendar we celebrate a giant of homiletics.  He is a man with a simple first name and, to be honest, a “challenging” last name:  John Chrysostom.  He was the Patriarch of Constantinople and was one of … Continue reading →

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Improvising a Life

Posted on January 26, 2012 by sonyasutton

Gerre Hancock, organist, educator, composer and energetic champion of all that is most exciting about music in the Episcopal Church, died this past Saturday.  The news was big enough in the world in which I move that texts and emails … Continue reading →

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Prayers to remember; prayers you can create

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Carol Flett

As an Episcopalian, I have relied upon the beautiful prayers of the Book of Common Prayer, originally crafted by a consultation of English bishops, led by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in 1549. At the time of Henry VIII, the Roman liturgies … Continue reading →

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Milestones

Posted on January 23, 2012 by stalbansparish

I took a trip this fall to St. Paul, Minnesota.  Driving alone, I paid a great deal of attention to the distance between my current location and my final destination.  I distracted myself with arithmetic games with the mileages: percentage … Continue reading →

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“He is worthy! He is worthy!”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by matthewhanisian

The title for today’s Daily Cup comes from the acclamation that the assembly, gathered to elect the new pope in 236 A.D., cried out signifying that Fabian was to be the new bishop of Rome. Fabian was a total stranger to the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and God

Posted on January 19, 2012 by sonyasutton

From a collection published as Huxley and God: Essays on Religious Experience, author Aldous Huxley writes about what he was able to glean from Shakespeare’s own writings on the subject of God, the poet’s religious beliefs and his attitude toward … Continue reading →

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Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
 Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Carol Flett

Serving in a church can be both a joyful and sorrowful experience. As a parish priest, I celebrate Baptisms and Holy Eucharist, sing and laugh at parish events, offer prayer and pastoral guidance to people in times of new life … Continue reading →

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Processing

Posted on January 16, 2012 by stalbansparish

Intimate, open, expectations. Know what I mean? Friendship, comfort, understanding. All our lives we use words, and we assume that those around us know and see exactly the same thing that we do. Mercy, faith, forbearance. But unless we are … Continue reading →

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