This past Sunday I mentioned in my sermon that we gather on Sunday for three reasons: First to celebrate the fullness of life God gives to us; second to thank God for our being loved unconditionally; and third to join together at God’s table for nurture and renewal so that we may go into the world empowered [...] Read more »
Of Being Saved 2.0
TuesdayMay 8,2012
by jim
My post last week “Of Being Saved” got a record response either directly on the blog site or via private e-mail. One astute observer noted that what I had to say must have “touched a nerve, ” so I thought I would expound on the topic again this week. Let me first reiterate that salvation [...] Read more »
Of Being Saved
TuesdayMay 1,2012
by jim
Just yesterday I received an inquiry via this blog site posted as a comment on the piece entitled “Of the Proverbial Fall.”(Feb. 14, 2012) This person said she had been a member of All Saints many years ago. The question was whether the Episcopal Church believed in the inerrancy/infallibility of scripture. You, gentle readers, know me [...] Read more »
Of Christianity After Religion
WednesdayApr 25,2012
by jim
Mary and I just returned from clergy conference at which internationally known church historian (and Episcopalian) Diana Butler Bass presented an inspiring and startling analysis of the state of Christianity in the post modern world. Her new book is entitled Christianity after Religion. In it she notes that despite declining numbers over the last five [...] Read more »
Of the Glorious Possible
TuesdayApr 17,2012
by jim
As a teenager one of my favorite authors was Madeline L’Engle. Her most famous book was entitled A Wrinkle in Time. It is a fascinating story about two precocious siblings invited by three mysterious old women to “tesseract” (travel in time and space) to a far distant world to combat the evil that has besieged [...] Read more »
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