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Bullet Points – a meditation

Scribe — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:55:53 +0000

Bullet Points – a meditation In Paul’s letter to the Galatians (5:16-18,22-23) he writes: Let yourselves be guided by the Spirit, for the fruit of the Spirit is: Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Generosity Faithfulness Gentleness Self-control Looking at your own set of bullet points today, and reading Paul’s list above, which of these points ...

For Our Military Forces – a prayer

Scribe — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:05:57 +0000

For Our Military Forces – a prayer

For Our Military Forces – a prayer When we offer up prayers and meditations for our military personnel and their leaders, the best place to turn our thoughts is not to their work, not to the campaigns they have underway, and not to the success of our troops of the failure of “theirs.” Such things ...

Everything Good – a benediction

Scribe — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:39:04 +0000

Everything Good – a benediction

Everything Good – a benediction I don’t think I’ve added a benediction here since the Fourfold Franciscan Blessing that got quite a bit of readership and comment as to the origin of the prayer. (I’m not totally convinced who wrote it yet, and that seems immaterial in that I just like it!) A benediction is ...

Cheap Grace

Scribe — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:41:20 +0000

Cheap Grace

Cheap Grace 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 ...

A Little Christmas Carol Trivia…

Scribe — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:05:00 +0000

A Little Christmas Carol Trivia…

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.