Psalm 48:1-7 Isaiah 7:1-9 Matthew 11:20-24 "But if you do not stand by me, you will not stand at all. "So ends the passage from Isaiah which is our Old...
Hi everyone, I just returned from a lovely day spent walking and talking around a wildlife sanctuary and lake with a dear friend. About halfway through the day...
Dear Ones, What goes around, comes around, they say. I sit here in my little warm study, preparing for Compline and bed, musing over the events of the day and...
Hi all, What a week this has been! While I accomplished most of what I had hoped, it certainly wasn't according to the way I had planned. Seems like once...
"All who wander are not lost." Tolkien When I was out in Washington I picked up a bookmark with this quote on it. I'm not sure why it caught my eye, but this...
... From: Wanda Lester To: parishnews ; adaily quiet Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: gray wolves Hi, On a trip to the state of Washington this...
I have wandered about quite a bit in the past hoping to be found not realizing that it is as you say. I had been found all along. My biggest problem is that I...
A marvellous regiment of women. (Psa 17:2-8) (1Co 15:12-20) (Luk 8:1-3) And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village,...
Hi everyone, In church today we heard the cry of Jeremiah... crying over the suffering of his people.... and I found myself on the verge of tears as well. You...
I feel almost too peaceful this morning to write. For some reason I'm feeling a great affection for Saint Matthew today. His name Matthew, meaning gift from...
Hi all, I ran across this poem by one of my favorite theologians/hermits in Sobornost - Maggie Ross - and thought I would share it with you. Knots A monk...
Several of us here were discussing "high" liturgy and services yesterday - the place and use of the "bells and smells" in worship....the formal vs the...
There is a great wind blowing today.... the wildness - the free flying passion of God. How I love it... trees blowing - leaves tossed this way and that leaping...
We were so long at the Eucharist today that people overshot appointments. They preferred indeed to wait till the last blessing and dismissal and to be late...
Readings for the day Zephaniah 3:1-2.9-13 Psalm 33:2-3.6-7.18-19.23 Matthew 21:28-32 Robert Owen, I think, said that though we all think of those who are in ...
Jan 25 The feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul Acts 22:3-16 Mark 16:15-18 Dear Lord, how wonderful it is to read this story of a great Saint's conversion...
Dear sister Alys, O how I thank Holy Spirit, Saint Paul, and you...for this message dear sister. Living in His Love, your sister in Christ Jesus, Sister...
Dear sistercarole, Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 9:13:33 PM, you wrote: swn> Dear sister Alys, swn> O how I thank Holy Spirit, Saint Paul, and you...for this...
Hebrews 13:1-8 Psalm 26 Mark 6:14-29 I've always found this gospel difficult, Lord. It's so violent. Mind you - I found the Orthodox view helpful - that John...
"'continue to love each other like brothers, and remember always to welcome strangers,"... How often we fall short of this! Last month I had the privledge of...
Dear Friends, Gn 1:20–2:4a Mk 7:1-13 "And God saw that it was good" It was all good when God created it. I remember seeing a trout farm through one of those...
Oh, yes. Here is a piece of commentary to live my Lent around. Thank you, Alys. ============== (you wrote) How often to we excuse ourselves from some piece...
Today I am finding myself hungry for pancakes of all things....or perhaps that really isn't so odd. It is one of the traditions I miss of the Episcopal...the...
Dear Friends, Dt 30:15-20 Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 Lk 9:22-25 The way of death and the way of life. "Watch out!" we cry, "It's alive!" Sometimes we are very...
Dear Friends, Is 58:1-9a Mt 9:14-15 In our Lenten book this morning Thomas Brown has this to say: "A servant Leader looks for goodness rather than faults...
Dear Friends, Tuesday, First Week of Lent Is 55:10-11 Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 Mt 6:7-15 God's intentions are right there in His actions. His reasons for...