Good Friday Christians or Easter Christians?
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Living the Christian Life, Religion | 1 Comment »Most days I wake up utterly confounded about what topic to select for my blog. This has been particularly problematic lately, and thus why I have been rather sporadic in my posting. But this morning, in preparation for church, I ...
A Poem…
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Living the Christian Life, Religion | 1 Comment »O Crown of Christ be not so exacting as to take away my sight, But darken my gaze enough to require thy Holy light. O Cross of Christ, be not too heavy for me to bear, But heavy enough that I shouldst need ...
The Materialist Veil is Lifted
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Economics, Politics, Religion | No Comments »In certain cultures throughout history, parents arranged the marriages of their children, and in many circumstances, the prospective husband did not meet his prospective wife until he lifted her veil at the wedding ceremony. I am (gleefully) watching this scenario ...
A Compromising Faith
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Living the Christian Life, Religion | No Comments »"Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried." --G.K. Chesterton There are a couple of strange notions that seem to permeate Evangelical Christian circles. The first is that "Christianity is easy; ...
Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »This Lent, and especially this Holy Week and Easter, have served as the most reflective period of my life in over two years, likely since the last time I went backpacking in Alaska. In this reflective process, I have ...
The Goodness of Good Friday (Holy Week Reflections, Part 4)
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »"Where there is doubt, (let me sow) faith." -St. Francis of Assisi Yesterday I heard what was probably the most remarkable sermon on the crucifixion of Christ that I have ever heard or read in my life. I'm not sure the ...
The New Mandate (Holy Week Reflections, Part 3)
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »Since becoming an Anglican, I have been astonished at how much I draw from church services that has nothing to do with the sermon. I count it one of the greatest strengths of the Anglican tradition, in fact: that it ...
Holy Week Reflections, Part 2
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »"O God, you have bound us together in a common life. Help us in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work together with mutual forbearance and ...
Holy Week Relfections, Part 1
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »As we entered into Holy Week yesterday with the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, we are all called to reflect backwards for the purpose of anticipating forward the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ from Good ...
The Radical Message of Christ, The Mediocre Message of Christianity
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 Posted in Religion, christianity | 1 Comment »"The Christian faith has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found difficult, and left untried." -G.K. ChestertonUnfortunately, the Church's failure to live the radical, and mostly untried message of Christ has led to an emptying out of ...