It has been a while, but I had the privilege this past Sunday at my home church: St. Stephen’s Episcopal in Lubbock, TX. The video is available here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=7196564427042468. My sermon starts around the 23:00 mark, and I talk until about 32:10. Now, if you would prefer a text version of the sermon, then just Read More …
Tomorrow (6/12/2022) is Trinity Sunday. For those of you who might not be quite as tuned into the Church calendar, we just had Pentecost last Sunday, which celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit as recorded in Acts, chapter 2. We are entering the long, green season of Pentecost and “ordinary time” that comprises the Read More …
We hear a lot about spectrums (spectra?) these days? There is the gender spectrum, the sexuality spectrum, the color spectrum (which looked like this when I was a kid). My son and I both have intimate, personal experience with the autism spectrum (please pray for my poor wife). It seems that there is a spectrum Read More …
In this post, I would like to teach you how to open your third eye as a new way of perception. Here you go: Okay, you’ve probably figured out that it is not quite so simple. Actually, the whole concept of a third eye is fraught with misunderstanding and misinformation (and, for my money, I Read More …
Before getting to the miracle of Sunday’s passage, I just want to make a brief note to say how much I love the focus of the lectionary in Ordinary Time. Now that we’re liturgically in the time that is “ordinary,” the Gospel passages concentrate on Jesus’ miracles. Isn’t that beautiful? Wonders and signs are the Read More …
I do not have “visions” in centering prayer or meditation, at least not in the way is depicted in popular media. Instead, there are times as I pray that a very interesting image occurs to my imagination — something that just doesn’t seem to fit with my normal flow of memory, thoughts, and daydreams. I Read More …
