Waiting is Living
I grew up hunting in Pennsylvania with my uncles and my grandfather. We hunted for deer and turkey which is another way of saying we hunted most of the year. The picture is of the deer stand that my brother and I would use on those cold mornings on the land my...Entrusted with the Gospel
Proper 25 Year A Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 Psalm 1 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 I love this line from Paul today: “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak not to please mortals, but to please God...
What is The Right Answer?
“How is John Caputo using Martin Heidegger’s hermeneutical ‘as’ to compare Paul’s understanding of grace in Romans with Jacques’ Derrida’s use of ‘chance’ in order to interpret Augustine’s ‘Confessions’?” Or some such question would be asked in my Religion courses in...
Come, Holy Spirit
From the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the release of the video of his killing, to the ramble in Central Park, to the death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis it has been a painful and tragic period in our life as a nation; all of this with the backdrop of...
The Wilderness is Calling
When I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania we would take a road trip most summers to visit family in Michigan. We always looked forward to these trips. Summer in Michigan is incredible. We loved spending time in Traverse City, swimming in the lakes and rivers, and...
Part 3: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 – Local Episcopal Churches respond
St. Paul’s “Little Brick Church” (1914-1939), 16th and Market streets, Wilmington, N.C. Enforced closures, open doors, and divine service The St. Paul’s Vestry records, dated October 1918, didn’t mention the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. It seemed to be just...
Part 2: Episcopal Church – Some National Responses to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918
According to pandemic medical history review articles, among the things we know today about the Spanish Influenza pandemic is that there were clearly challenges. In 1918, recognition of the spread of the disease was not consistently understood by the public or...
Part I: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 – Wilmington Episcopal Women’s Response
Bassinet image: The Wilmington Morning Star, January 10, 1918 “Will you help?” A picture showing tender nursery items was printed in a Wilmington paper in January, 1918, enticing moms to select the best for their babies. Only months later, in early October, The...