Sermon – November 8 2009

This is a recording of my preaching at St. Mark's Orchard Park NY.  The clip runs 14:55 (which is a little long for me!)  It is one of the best summations I think I've managed over the years about why young people should go to camp and why congregations should send them. (Some folks have... Continue Reading →

The Rule of St. Benedict and me

This doesn't quite rise to my expectation of a "Reflection" for this process.  Interesting to note after my feelings of being a little lost in the process to begin doing some reading on Benedict and his rule for a life in faith.  You see Benedict believed that in order to have time for the important... Continue Reading →

The first bump in the road

I've been struggling a little this week finding my way on the sabbatical.  I knew that I had sacrificed any prep for the sabbatical to make sure that I had gotten everything ready to hand off but figured I could just work my way through it.  Not so sure right now. So I'm putting sabbatical... Continue Reading →

Just some housekeeping

It suddenly dawned on me that since this is: A new blog a new blog that has invited a bunch of new visitors a new blog that will spend a LOT of time on a single subject for the next two months some folks might get the wrong idea about it.  This is NOT a... Continue Reading →

Reflections on the topic

I promised a couple days ago that I would do a little more reflecting on the topic of my sabbatical.  So let's dive in. The topic breaks down into three basic pieces for me: Personal Piety Episcopal Context 21st Century So each one: Personal Piety - I actually fiddled with the words for this part... Continue Reading →

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