As I write, we find ourselves once again (or perhaps still?) in a time of transition and trying new things.
Trust
Leave a reply
Category Archives: Newsletter Articles
eGoodNews
April, 2017
A couple weeks ago, Bob and I attended a series of workshops in Boston called
For God so loved the world
Christianity has inherited from Judaism an ambiguous relationship with the world.
O.E.M.
In conversations about the relationship between the Church and the World, there are three closely related but distinct concepts that often get confused:
Bubbles
This weekend, I was at a meeting of a body of Episcopal lay and ordained leaders of the Diocese.
Orientation
Our Presiding Bishop, the Most Reverend Michael Curry, recently published a video message to the church, where he elaborated on his theme of the Church being called to the Jesus Movement in the world (see the video here).
Mayflies
Ain’t no miracle being born,
People doin’ it everyday.
It ain’t no miracle growing up,
People just grow that way.
So it goes like it goes
Like the river flows,
And time it rolls right on;
And maybe what’s good gets a little bit better,
And maybe what’s bad gets gone.
It Goes Like it Goes, Words by Norman Gimbel, Music by David Shire
Extinction
At one of our vestry conversations with the Bishop last month, he surprised some folks by talking in some detail about what has been going on in other parishes in the Diocese:
Why Bishops?
In a couple weeks, The Right Reverend Stephen T. Lane, Bishop of Maine, will be making his regular official visitation to the parishes of Mount Desert Island.