Like it always was, Blue Christmas 2015
St Peter’s holds a Blue Christmas service for those who find the holiday season difficult. This was the sermon I preached. Listen:
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At Deathbeds: On Closing Churches
In the last 18 month I’ve been present at the closing of three Churches. I was their priest; they had been a cluster when I was called. In each case it was excruciating and sad. In each case it was the right choice. Churches, the actual communities, the buildings located in towns and cities, are […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Incarnation
I was as unprepared as any of us ever are; I was as prepared as all of us are. A seminarian doing CPE, serving the sick, the dying, the struggling. In CPE, sometimes you stumble across people who needs you and sometimes someone (usually a nurse) will page you for a patient. I don’t remember […]
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