With a National Emergency called, churches have responded more and more by cancelling Sunday services. There is, of course, an abundance of online options. For someone sacramental, and one who has just simply enjoyed the fellowship of believers on a regular basis, this has hit me hard. Our own church is saying the next service will be Palm Sunday. (We can adjust back, of course.)
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The evangelical industrial complex
Julie Roys is a journalist who has exposed massive corruption in key ministries and her message is this: God isn’t finished cleaning his house.
Like water to my soul
I am in the process of discernment concerning ordination in the Anglican Church in North America. As part of that process we were invited to attend the diocese annual synod and the clergy conference before the synod.
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I love John Crist’s videos. News of years of sexual harassment and misconduct broke earlier this week. Yet another failure.
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All Saint’s Day – November 1st
Today (October 31st) is “All Hallow’s Eve”, Tomorrow, “All Hallow’s Day”, (hallows = saints) or Hallowmas (mas= Mass), or better known as “All Saint’s Day”, and Saturday will be “All Soul’s Day”!
Continue reading “All Saints Day”Being validated in our lostness
A head scratching parable for me is found in Luke 16. It is the parable of the “shrewd manager”. It’s such an odd passage that most commentaries will simply state it’s an odd passage and difficult to interpret.
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17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:17-19, NIV)
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