Tag Archives: Easter

Summer Travels

Posted on July 17, 2014 by sonyasutton

I traveled to a foreign country this week, and enjoyed my stay very much. It was only 45 minutes away in Baltimore, but the foreign country was a biennial gathering of Lutheran church musicians, to which I had been invited … Continue reading →

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This Easter Stuff is Hard

Posted on May 16, 2014 by matthewhanisian

Celebrant Alleluia.  Christ is risen. People  The Lord is risen indeed.  Alleluia. (BCP 355)   As I was reading the lections for this coming Sunday, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, I was struck again by a theme I’ve been increasingly … Continue reading →

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Risky Behavior

Posted on April 24, 2014 by sonyasutton

Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the … Continue reading →

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Let us joyful be?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by sonyasutton

One of Bach’s most beautiful chorale tunes, Christ lag in Todesbanden, frames the 9:15 and 11:15 services on Sunday, appearing in organ settings at the beginning and end of the services, and as a hymn during communion (186 in The … Continue reading →

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Not forgotten

Posted on April 3, 2013 by deborahmeister

Looking at the lame beggar, Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give to you; in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, stand up and walk.” (Acts 3:6) On Monday of Holy Week, about … Continue reading →

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Abstinence Dispensed

Posted on April 20, 2012 by matthewhanisian

In my office is a calendar.  The calendar is the “Churchman’s Ordo Kalendar” which shows a whole host of good things like the saint of the day, which proper preface is said at the daily Eucharist if you are having … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 13, 2012 by matthewhanisian

“When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes, for he was naked, and jumped into the sea.” John 21:7b You just have to love Peter, don’t you?  In John’s gospel, more so than the … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Carol Flett

Under the headline “Forget the Church, Follow Jesus,” Catholic writer, Andrew Sullivan wrote the recent cover story for Newsweek magazine.  In the article, Sullivan argues that American Christianity is in a crisis: it is too focused on politics and policy, … Continue reading →

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The Jesus of Politeness

Posted on March 16, 2012 by matthewhanisian

Earlier this week The Rev. Dr. Carol Flett and I attended the monthly meeting of the Washington Episcopal Clergy Association, or WECA for short.  These monthly meetings are designed for the clergy of the diocese to come together for prayer, … Continue reading →

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St. Paul to the People of Athens–and America

Posted on May 24, 2011 by The Rev. Canon John E. Lawrence

This coming Sunday in the reading from Acts we will hear the account of Paul’s first visit to the renowned city of Athens.  As the capital city of “the glory that was Greece,” the people of Athens represented the diversity … Continue reading →

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