I had the pleasure of guest preaching at my church, St. Stephen’s Episcopal, Lubbock, TX this past Sunday (9/26/21). If you would like to hear what I had to say, then it is accessible here: https://www.facebook.com/StSLubbock/videos/338598981380679. My sermon is from about the 20-minute mark to the 32-minute mark, but I heartily recommend the whole service.
I have a few more words to say about the doctrine of the Trinity… Now, that’s dangerous territory. It is an unwritten rule of Christian theology that you say as little as possible about the Trinity. Just show pictures of kittens instead. Well, I’m joking about the kitten part. Actually, it has been so tempting Read More …
Just kidding! Recently, I was teaching my eighth graders at All Saints Episcopal School in our Comparative Religion class about the distinctives of Christianity. Number one on that list is the doctrine of the Trinity. We puzzled around with it a bit. We talked about the term “modified monotheism” (as opposed to the “absolute monotheism” Read More …
Well, as some of you might realize, I have not been posting as regularly to the blog part of this website as I once was. I’ve been working on several writing projects, large and small, and I wanted to post a little foretaste of my favorite one. Have you ever heard of process theology? If not, Read More …
Now, this is an…interesting parable. If we look at it on the surface – let’s be honest – doesn’t it look like Jesus is advocating for us to lie, cheat, and steal? We can focus on the last few verses, and that helps a little bit, but couldn’t Jesus have told this story with a Read More …
Ambitious title, right? Well, let me explain what I mean. Recently, I was going back through some of my older centering prayer journals, and I found plenty of entries of things that came up in my prayer time — images, words, intuitions, inklings, etc. In the midst of centering prayer, it is possible that you Read More …
God is the wind, and we cannot see him, but on a windy day — With all the blowing dust in west Texas — It is stimulating to think that we see God by how he moves the dust of the earth… And, to think, we are made from the dust of the earth…to see Read More …
What is the “goal” of centering prayer? That’s often a question that trips people up from time to time. It has tripped me up too. Let me explain what I mean… Whether it’s from personal experience with different forms of meditation, portrayals of meditation and meditators in popular culture, or somewhere we can’t place, many Read More …
