The trees around here are so beautiful in fall. They have put on color, they have clothed themselves in the garments of red, yellow, orange, rust. And this garment of color, this clothing of beauty is put on just as we enter the coldest and darkest time of year. And as we too enter more and […]
The leaves are turning, the cold is coming, everything in nature is now moving toward hibernation, falling away, everything in nature is moving toward death. Will we too follow the course of nature? For the Michaelmas question is, will our spirits also follow outer nature, fall like the leaves into this dying? Or will we […]
In our Michaelmas gospel this week (Matthew 22) we hear that we have all been invited to the holy wedding, that we must not forget to receive the wedding garment when we arrive and most importantly, we must not be found speechless. And this gospel, this wisdom parable that Christ tells, it lives in our hearts – […]
The Weekly Word I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day who is the CEO, Chief Executive Officer, of a successful company. And I asked him, ‘What makes a good CEO, what makes a good leader of a company?’ He said, ‘The secret is, whenever something goes wrong, a good leader takes responsibility for it […]
A great Saint once had a vision, “ I saw the devil’s snares set like traps all over the earth, and I groaned and said, “What can pass through them, what is it that can protect us?” And I heard a holy voice softly saying, “Humility, Humility.” It is astounding to think that our […]
The Weekly Word September 2, 2018 “The power issuing from the Mystery of Golgotha does not achieve redemption in an automatic fashion. Men are not redeemed through it whether they will or no. In every instance man must set this redemption in motion through his free assent; in other words for redemption to become effective, […]
Creating Altars, Becoming Priests Our sacred service, our practice here of communing with the divine, it all centers around the altar. Not only is the altar the very place where we offer ourselves to God, it is traditionally a tomb made of stone. The altar is a heavy stone, un-moveable, dark, and at the same […]
I will never forget what Hammo Hammond (a long time member) said to me just before he died. He told me that the biggest gift in his life was the last few days with his family. He told me that the love he could feel from his family, from his friends, from god, the love […]
We hear in our gospel today words that can give us great hope, great solace; we hear the words “In this world you will have trouble and much hardship. But take courage! I have overcome the world.” Christ has overcome the world! And yet, has the world been overcome? Is greed solved? Is poverty eradicated? Does […]
Many of us have just seen the play, ‘This War is Not Inevitable’. And some of the most moving scenes were at the beginning and end when the World War 1 soldier tells us that they had seen the Living Christ on the battle field- they had seen the Christ walking through the trenches of […]
