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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Fruit For The Taking
“On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Matthew R. Hanisian
Tagged Day of Judgment, Jesus curses the fig tree, Mark 11
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Calvinism
I had absolutely no idea what to write about for this week’s Daily Cup – and you may read through this and surmise that I still have no idea what I’m writing about – but I noticed on the liturgical … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged Calvin and Hobbes, John Calvin, predestination, Sam Watterson, writer's block
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Todo Bien
The last two weeks have been hard ones in the church I serve. (Those of you who are there will know why.) We’ve been impacted by several losses, both in our church and in our community, none of them easy. … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Dr. Deborah Meister
Tagged all shall be well, Christ, Christianity, God, healing, Julian of Norwich, pain, redemption, suffering
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Pentecost 2015
Don’t you love the seven Principal Feast Days? I sure do, partly because of the special distinctive acts we perform to set them apart and make them special, but also because of their significance, the lessons they impart. That significance … Continue reading
Remembering
After World War II Armistice Day (a day assigned for the remembrance 0f those who died in war) was morphed into two days of remembrance: Veterans Day and Memorial Day, the former to remember veterans and the latter to remember all those … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Jim Quigley
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For The Love of Christ
“‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’” John 21:16 This passage from John, which comes to us as the Gospel reading for today’s celebration of Holy … Continue reading
A Song to the Lamb – from every family, language, people and nation
Does it sometimes seem that the more ways we have to communicate – email, texting, Twitter, and even actual conversation – the less we actually say? The more confused we are about what is being said? Too often it really … Continue reading
Posted in Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Tagged choir, communication, Dwijivanthi, Ethan Sperry, language, music, Pentecost, texts, words
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Vergering confirmations
Vergering confirmations and ordinations at our cathedral are two of my favorite things. Last Saturday I was privileged and delighted to be a part of the verger team helping with the confirmation, by five bishops (including Bishop Eastman, a former rector of St. Alban’s) of over … Continue reading
Posted in Ron Hicks
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So Rich It Probably Drives a Tesla
“Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks.” Acts 18:4 Our reading from the daily Eucharist lectionary is from Acts and has the recently-converted Paul arguing with the Jews and Greeks … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Matthew R. Hanisian
Tagged Acts, Argument for faith, Paul, Taylor of Old Bond Street, Tesla
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