Of Being Earnest

TuesdayMay 21,2013
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My friend and classmate from seminary, Will Carter, died last night. He was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer just ten days ago. The Doctors said he could possibly make it four weeks, but Will told his wife it wouldn’t be that long. He was in his late sixties or early seventies; young in this [...] Read more »

Of Love Unleashed

TuesdayMay 14,2013
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Our daughter Katie was married this past weekend. It was a very small and simple wedding, just close family, but still elegant and beautiful. The poor groom fought back tears the entire service which meant as the officiant I had to fight back tears as well. Katie and Gerald got engaged last year in the [...] Read more »

Of Community Organizing

TuesdayMay 7,2013
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In my first year of seminary we juniors were required to work with Austin Interfaith for our required field placement. The next two years we would be placed in various parishes for our field placement requirement. Most seminaries give you a pass on field work your first year, but my seminary felt very strongly that [...] Read more »

Of One God

TuesdayApr 30,2013
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In my sermon this past Sunday I mentioned attending our recent clergy conference at which our speaker, who specializes in inter-religious studies and translation, made the bold statement that there are far, far more similarities among the three Abrahamic faiths, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam than differences. No one had any problem with Judaism being compared [...] Read more »

Of Acts of Kindness

TuesdayApr 16,2013
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The bombing that took place yesterday during the Boston Marathon has of course dominated the news these past two days. This morning we were told that there was another death and a dozen or so new injuries. I listened to a fascinating interview with a young doctor who was on duty at one of the [...] Read more »