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The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. What MapQuest had indicated was a real road was, in fact, a road under construction. He should have known, the man sighed to himself. When he had turned onto the road and left the main highway,…
El término “adviento” es una palabra compuesta que procede del latín ad – venire y significa: tiempo de espera. Al reflexionar sobre la Convención General de la Iglesia Episcopal celebrada en el mes de julio del año 2009 en el Centro de Convenciones de la ciudad de Anahaim, California, parece que aún resuenan en los oídos de…
Choose: God or idol? Given our druthers, what do we ultimately choose: God the Creator or those earthly things that command our attention, our concern, and too often, our devoted fascination? What is the real choice here? Can we exercise a balance of the temporal with the divine? In other words, can we have both?…
“Where is he who is born king of the Jews?” the magi asked. That question alerted Herod to the presence of a rival in his midst. To eliminate the rival he had his soldiers kill all children in an entire region of his realm. “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked Jesus mockingly….
El evento de la Virgen de Guadalupe empieza en el año 1531 y se celebra el 12 de diciembre. Los que confían y creen en la Virgen experimentan alegría y gozo en sus almas. En la historia de la Virgen de Guadalupe reconocemos a un pueblo peregrino en espera de la paz y de la…
During Pentecost of Year B of the Lectionary, we have been studying the Gospel of Mark. However, for the past four Sundays we have digressed in order to delve into the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. Today, on the fifth Sunday of trying to absorb the signs and words of Jesus, we conclude…
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” A widower had some raspberry bushes. The first summer after his wife died, a woman from his church asked if she could come over and pick raspberries. She knew he…
In the Acts of the Apostles, we see our Christian Church in its earliest, most perfect and probably most idealized form. There were no buildings, doctrines, vestments, or rituals; just the power of the Holy Spirit giving the preached Word of God the power to transform death into life, making the lost found, the captive…
We have arrived at the end of the Easter season in the church calendar. Throughout the season we heard the stories once again recounting the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, and we read about how the apostles, disciples, and followers of Jesus adjusted to the idea of Scripture fulfilled. Like the apostles, we have been…
“He came singing love, and He lived singing loveHe died…singing loveHe arose in silenceFor the love to go on, we must make it our songYou and I be the singers!” So begins a song from the New Zealand Hymnal. What was promised is removed for a time, so it can be more fully given. This…
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