Today we are looking at the Gospel reading in Matthew, and specifically the first of the two miracles Jesus preforms. The Healing of the Leper. In this story there is a sentence full of richness and
The Spiritual Stream Over the last 4 weeks I have introduced, or maybe reintroduced, the 3-streams of the Anglican Tradition in these weekly emails. They are: The Sacramental, The Scriptural, and The Spiritual. The metaphor of
Transcript of Epiphany 3 Sermon (Due to construction in the sanctuary we were not able to provide a video this week) In our epistle today, Paul is not in love with moral actions as He is
3 Streams: The Scriptural One of the heroes of the faith in the 20th Century was known as Brother Andrew. As a missionary from the Netherlands, he and the ministry he founded called Open Doors, made
John is the last of the prophets before the messiah, speaking of the messiah to come. The only one who meets the messiah face to face. He was a isolated and eccentric fellow, eating locust and
3 Streams: The Sacramental Have you ever seen someone riding an electric bike and thought to yourself, “cheater”? If so, you might have raced bikes or, like me, been in other competitive sports. I used to
Our gospel reading today gives us the only account we have of young Jesus. We just celebrated Christmas so we may still be holding images in our minds of baby Jesus in a manger. Soon enough
Three Streams, One River When people ask me about my denominational background I often say “I’m a Denominational Mutt”. I was born and baptized into the Methodist church and attended briefly an Episcopal church as
Today we are celebrating the Epiphany, meaning “appearance, manifestation, coming into view”. We use this expressing “I had an epiphany” (small e) in pop culture for just about anything... The Christian Celebration of Epiphany is much
Community: Another Key to Spiritual Growth Last Week we spoke about the importance of a daily practice of connecting with God personally. The practice of establishing a time, morning, evening, or mid-day is one afforded in
It’s easy to think about it at the high points, but “God with us” goes further. “God with us” is even in the most traumatizing events in our life. Even then we can infer that “God
A Year of Spiritual Growth My favorite time of the day is the morning, before the sun rises. I love to write, pray, or just sit by a fire and meditate. When I was a distance