I was following, almost as a tangent last week, the story of the latest convocation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in their decision to put off a decision on same-gender couple marriages for another two years of study (no big surprise there: large denominations tend to make canonical change at glacier speeds.) What was most [...]
Thus, on the Feast day of St. Stephen (today in the Christian calendar), King Wenceslas looked out his window to see the poor man trying to find sticks and twigs, amongst the winter snow.
Today’s meditation reads like a psalm to me: something very musical sleeps among the words. On a dark day, I found great solace in this meditation, praising the calm and seeking universal wisdom all around me! Save this for a rainy cloudy day: As a single slab of rock Won’t budge in the wind, So [...]
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A meditation from Ps. 26 and Mt. 11:25-30 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable unto thee, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Some of the things that God gives us to do, that He calls the easiest parts, are really the most difficult. He tells us [...]
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Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end – Amen
