Growing up Baptist, I thought Christmas lasted 24 hours. I knew about Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter. I was vaguely aware of Lent as “something the Catholics do.” When I began attending an Episcopal...
Our Lenten liturgy contains a section called “The Comfortable Words.” After confession and the Kyrie, the priest utters these words: “Hear the words of comfort our Savior Christ says to all who truly turn to...
Let us give thanks to the Lord for his mercy, the wonders he does for his children. For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Paraphrase of Psalm 107:8-9 The devil...
We all have a concept of “home.” It should be a place where we can just be, a place where we belong and are wanted, a place where we are safe and can flourish. We...
Click here to read part 1 of this post. So the Scriptures are a weapon against temptation and sin, “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” We need careful study to...
I remember being taught from a very early age that, when tempted, Jesus responded by quoting Scripture and that, since He is our Example, we ought to memorize Scripture, so when we are tempted, we...
I was blessed by Steve’s sermon on our First Sunday of Lent. One point particularly caught my attention. While describing how Christ’s temptations were a reprise of those perpetrated upon Adam and Eve, they have...
Yes, truly this is a reflection on Steve’s sermon yesterday. There are several things I took away from Steve’s sermon, but probably the one I keep coming back to most often is this: God didn’t...
Why do you enter into a conversation? Conversation–What We Care About, With Those We Love For me there are at least two motivations for conversation. First, I may get involved because I am interested in...
At Light of Christ, we often use the imagery of light to talk about God’s activity in our lives. On Epiphany, Fr. Eirik shared the image of a lamp stand with a person carrying the...