prayer
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Praying together in the second person
“You” is the most important word in Christian prayer. Wait a second. “You”? What about “God”? What about “Christ”? What about “Jesus”? Yes, these are important words in Christian prayer, and the name “Jesus” certainly has its magnificent and eternal… Continue reading
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Giving Voice to Every Creature under Heaven
In the Episcopal Eucharistic Prayer D, the presider invites the congregation to think about what trees might say in heaven. That’s not exactly how the BCP puts it, of course, but basically it’s what the invitation asks people to do.… Continue reading
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Storytelling, Children, and Spirituality
As I raise my children, especially as I raise them spiritually, I’m surprised at how much time I spend telling stories. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, I feel, because Christianity (my faith) is fundamentally a storytelling religion. Some… Continue reading
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Prayer and Creativity
We don’t often talk about creativity in our spiritual lives. Or, if we do, I don’t think that we talk about it enough. Usually, when discussing our spiritual lives, we talk about either our tradition or our freedom in the… Continue reading
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To love every part of Creation
A very good friend of mine loves strip malls. He also loves buildings on the sides of highways that are somewhat broken down, especially if they’re made of painted-over bricks or cinder blocks. Old mechanics’ shops, garages with no sign… Continue reading
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Children and Lenten Practices
This year, I played around with the idea of asking my two girls to take part in Lent. Specifically, I wondered if I should ask them to take on some sort of lenten discipline. In part, I’d like them to… Continue reading
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What does it feel like to pray?
the pictures included in this week’s post are from my wife and my trip to Japan in the summer of 2024 In my post last week, I wrote a little about the experience of what it feels like to pray.… Continue reading
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Both kids and spirituality (not ‘or’!)
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog. My last post was in November! I had planned on keeping up this blog every week, posting something each Thursday. But things get in the way, especially when you’re a… Continue reading
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We have no excuse for divisions any longer (if we ever did)
I have preached to my parish for the past few months, maybe a year even, on the need for unity – and it is now that this word comes to bear. We have come to election day, we have cast… Continue reading
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How do you read the Bible?
The Bible is Christian Scripture, but what does it mean for something to be a community’s “Scripture”? The Bible is our holy book, God’s word to us in writing, a sacred text in which we find the presence of something… Continue reading
Incense and Crayons 