Lansing Michigan
In November of 2003 the movie Love Actually opened at movie theaters across the U.S. It is a feel-good romantic comedy which follows the love lives of eight couples. It is about love, love lost to death, betrayal, family, finding love in unusual places, impossible love. The movie opens with the … [Read more...]
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It seems a bit odd, sitting here in the Rectory Breakfast room, surrounded by glass, watching the autumn leaves swirl past the windows. I truly don’t remember an autumn that has been so warm and so glorious. Today the room is filled with brilliant sunlight. Everything within me screams that … [Read more...]
All Saints Sunday has always been one of my favorite days in the church calendar year. It is such a festive time of celebration, just as the natural world around us is rapidly moving through autumn towards its winter rest. I love the incense, the hymns, the color, the whole nine yards. When … [Read more...]
When this October Good News comes out, the world will have just celebrated the true, official beginning of autumn. Society celebrates this event immediately after Labor Day. We declare summer over, put away summer toys, shut up the cottage and turn our attention to school, football, and the … [Read more...]
Many of you know our Cardigan Welsh Corgi Hannah. Hannah is a genetic sport in that almost everything that could go wrong with her did. She is too tall for a corgi, she is too long, she does not weigh enough, her fur is too soft and too long, her ear flops. For the most part she does not … [Read more...]
People who do not know or understand Christianity believe we worship death. After all, one of the most important symbols of Christianity is the cross with the crucified body of Christ upon it. The crucifix is one of the very first things you notice when you enter our worship space. The orientation … [Read more...]
Since the beginning of January I have been taking an on-line graduate level class from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest. The class is Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints, and is led by Dr. Mary C. Earle, a professor at SSW. This is a new experience for me, taking … [Read more...]
February is often called the month of love. Right in the middle is Valentine's Day, a day specially set aside for people to declare their love, one for another. More roses are sold at this time than any other time of the year. Take a moment and think about the power of love. We will do things we … [Read more...]
If memory serves me correctly, the time was late August 1971 and my brother Patric and I were in Texas visiting family. We were at my Uncle Pace and Aunt Ellouise’s ranch near the central Texas town of Hamilton. Uncle Pace and Aunt Ellouise had returned to Dallas with my cousins Charlie and … [Read more...]
