All Saints by the Lake Proper 27, Year C October 6, 2019 Before I tackle this morning’s Gospel reading, I want to look at what came before it in the 17th chapter of Luke. It’s an important passage and, I think, crucial to the interpretation of what comes next. Jesus said to his disciples, “Occasions for stumbling are bound to… View Post
Finalizing our Strategic Plan
As I discussed at Sunday’s Parish Meeting, the Corporation has been working for a couple of months on a strategic plan. The purpose of this plan is twofold: it will help us to flesh out our tagline, “Reconciling, Affirming, Rejoicing”; and it will set parameters for how we plan to handle our building and financial concerns once 99 Mt…. View Post
Angels and saints (and some other things)
All Saints by the Lake St. Michael and all Angels September 29, 2019 The icon of St. Michael the Archangel I presented to my curacy church as a departure gift in 2011. Why should we care about angels in 2019? Why should we march around the church singing a hymn with a lot of odd-sounding and outdated ideas about spiritual… View Post
Beyond the Conversion Story
All Saints by the Lake, Dorval Year C, Proper 24 September 15, 2019 “I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence.” Paul’s conversion story is one of the most dramatic… View Post
Where in the world was Grace?
Piping plovers on the beach at Trinity Center I spent the past week doing back-to-back conferences, first CREDO at Trinity Center in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, and then the diocesan clergy conference at Jouvence in Orford. CREDO is a clergy wellness conference sponsored by the Episcopal Church Pension Fund (in which I was still active when I registered a… View Post
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