The day after Halloween, one of my neighbors put their Christmas tree up in their front windows. I saw the twinkling lights lighting up the darkness the evening of November 1 when I was out walking the dog before bed. Not the day after Thanksgiving. The Day after Halloween. Clearly we are all ready for […]
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Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore, let us keep the feast. Alleluia. Good Friday is one of two designated fast days according to the Book of Common Prayer, the other being Ash Wednesday. I don’t know about you, but I think I’ve had enough fasting for now. The problem especially being that
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Dear friends, The spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, continues in North Carolina, and especially here in Wake County. The Bishops of the Diocese of North Carolina have issued some very helpful guidance and directives as to how we continue to do church together during this anxious time, remembering especially those
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February 2, 2020 – The day when Baby Jesus comes out of the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami at the end of the Super Bowl, and if he sees his shadow in the stadium lights, there will be another six weeks until Lent starts. Just kidding. It is interesting though, that big church and cultural
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I don’t know about you, but I always feel a little let down the day or two after Christmas. Christmas Eve is fun and exciting with all the services, and all the music, and all the people! Christmas Day is celebratory and fun with all the food and all the presents and all the family!
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One of the most poignant moments in Rachel Held Evan’s book, Searching for Sunday, comes after she and her husband meet with the pastor of their church and explain that because of theological differences, they would not be attending any longer. They return to their car and she bursts into tears with “I know this
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Last Friday at the Raleigh Climate Strike event, we had the opportunity to build a bigger table, quite literally. Emily and Carl and I were setting up our table to promote Zero Waste Church, our ministry to help other churches care for creation, and a representative from the InterFaith Food Shuttle came by. “Could we
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What does it mean to be faithful? I feel like people wrestle with the idea of having enough faith all the time, myself included. What is the proper measure of faithfulness? In the gospel appointed for this Sunday, Luke 16:1-13, Jesus says, “Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and
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The gospel reading for Sunday is the parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin. You can read it here. This week, I lost hope that trying to care for the earth and reverse the effects of climate change were making any kind of difference, and that by continuing to talk about it and
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