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Tag Archives: religion
Wait without Hope: Advent Word 9
At a loss for words In truth, today’s official Advent Word is herald. However, other than a vain effort at wordplay because of the homophonic association with my father’s name, Harold, I could think of nothing original to offer for this … Continue reading
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Tagged #AdventWord, Advent, Advent Word, literature, Lord of the Dance, poetry, religion, T. S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
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Peace: Advent Word 4
Give Peace a Chance? Most Advent meditations have no need of a trigger warning, but here goes: If you’re expecting warm fuzzies, you should make a peace sign and hum a few bars of “Kumbaya.” My thoughts as I pondered … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, First Amendment, peace, religion
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Presence: Advent Word 3
In an argument that has informed my efforts to understand God ever since I first read it, Walter T. Stace wrote, “Either God is a mystery, or he is nothing at all.” However, it seems that some of the attributes … Continue reading
A Different Path into Mystery—at the Intersection of Science and Religion
A bit of somewhat relevant background In mid-May, as a lay preacher at the small Episcopal parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Seven Lakes, North Carolina, I presented the homily for the Office of Morning Prayer. My talk, “The Ineffable Mystery: To … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, books, church, faith, God, Jesus, literature, religion, science, wonder
Tagged Alan Lightman, Bible, Book of Common Prayer, books, creation, Genesis, God, literature, religion, science
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The Ineffable Mystery: To Know God and Make Him Known
In medias res . . . If I wish to tell this story at all, I will have to begin in the midst of things. Is there really any other way to begin, I wonder? Who knows when anything started? I … Continue reading
Be Careful What You Delete!
Yesterday, I saw this challenge on Facebook. My snarky response was “Government of the offended, by the offended, and for the offended. Unfortunately, I’m afraid it will never perish from the Earth.” I could probably make an entire post about … Continue reading
Posted in current events, education, free speech, freedom, language, politics, religion, totalitarianism
Tagged definition, Facebook, free speech, George Orwell, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, language, literature, religion
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Teach Me How to Live: Two Advent Lessons
Note: I began this meditation on November 28, the first Sunday of Advent. Some of the frenzy described herein actually prevented me from finishing it until a full week and another day of relative rest later. Given that context, it … Continue reading
Even at the grave we make our song . . .
. . . but not during the Paschal celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ–at least in the Episcopal Church.