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Tag Archives: Virginia Theological Seminary
No Golf Clap Please
Every now and again, I am struck powerfully by something I see, or hear, or experience randomly. In these moments it feels as if I’m being given a gift by God. Some of them are positive reactions and some are … Continue reading
At the Start of The Day
In the summer of 2007 I started seminary at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. During my three years there I found one spiritual discipline that, until that time, had held little interest or joy for me: Daily Morning Prayer. … Continue reading
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Tagged At the start of the day, corporate worship, Daily Morning Prayer, holy scripture, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lenten discipline, praise and thanksgiving, Prayer, prayers of intercession, prayers of intercession, prayers of thanksgiving, prayers of thanksgiving, spiritual discipline, st. alban's, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, start of the work day, Virginia Theological Seminary, worship, worship as vital, worship in community
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An Advent Meditation
On Tuesday morning of this week I had the opportunity to be at Virginia Theological Seminary for a service of Holy Eucharist and to hear the opening meditation for the campus-wide Advent Quiet Day. The meditation was given by The … Continue reading
Posted in The Rev. Matthew R. Hanisian
Tagged Advent, Elizabeth, quiet day, surprises, Virginia Theological Seminary, Zechariah
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A Bishop, A Hymn, and God’s Grace
With apologies to Laurence, Deacon and Martyr at Rome in 258 A.D., I’d like to write about something that happened on my drive in to church yesterday morning. As I was making my way through Georgetown, my iPod which was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbot's Leigh, Austria, bishop, courage, Cyril Vincent Taylor, Diocese of Southern Ohio, Franz Joseph Haydn, Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, God's eternal love, God's grace, Grace, Herb Thompson, Hymnody, John Newton, love, St. Laurence, The Hymnal 1982, Virginia Theological Seminary
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God is in the details
Before leaving Cincinnati, Ohio to come to seminary at Virginia Theological Seminary I worked for a man named Charley. Charley is a devout Christian. He is a member of a Pentecostal church and as our Baptist brothers and sisters like to … Continue reading
The Daily Cup 