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When I had just graduated from High School, I went on a whirlwind trip to Europe for two weeks…one of those, “visit every country you can in thirteen days” sorts of tours…mostly we just packed and unpacked suitcases. But one memory of this trip stands out prominently. Our first stopRead More →

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We are making a liturgical change beginning this Palm Sunday. It is a small change, but I think most meaningful. At the acclamations following the readings, instead of the reader saying, “the word of the Lord,” the reader will instead say, “hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.” ThisRead More →

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Blogger extraordinaire Lane Denson wrote a somewhat morose piece yesterday on the future of the Church, specifically the mainline denominations which includes the Episcopal Church. He cited statistics that were staggering, chronicling the rapidly declining numbers of churched people since the nineteen fifties. The average decline among denominations according to oneRead More →

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This past Sunday in my sermon I quoted Oscar Romero and many of you have asked for a copy of it…Here it is: “The church is obliged by its evangelical mission to demand structural changes that favor the reign of God and a more just and brotherly (sisterly) way of life.Read More →

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On a recent news airing on NBC Brian Williams held up a copy of Newsweek Magazine. On the cover was this massive breaking wave with the title in an ominous font that read Apocalypse Now, and a sub-caption that read something like this: earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear radiation, outbreaks of wars, financialRead More →