Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days A former Roman Catholic student preparing to become an Episcopal priest recently asked me why we retain the Twelve Days of Christmas as Anglicans, but Roman Catholics do not. Both Rome and the Episcopal Church ... Read More...
The Arte and Crafte of Dying Well By David Ney There is ... a time to be born and a time to die. — Ecclesiastes 3:1 The last chapter of George Marsden’s award-winning biography on Jonathan Edwards begins with the following sentence: “Jonath... Read More...
How to Prepare a Sermon (In Nine Not-Always-Easy Steps) By Daniel Martins As I peer over the ledge and stare down the final few months before becoming best friends with the Church Pension Fund, I am aware that part of my legacy (for whatever such things are worth) in ordained ministry will be that of a preacher.... Read More...
What will I carry? Preparation for pilgrimage In a capitalistic society with brand-name water, I could spend thousands of dollars preparing for pilgrimag and never say a single prayer.
2 pitfalls, 3 activities, 3 books: best practices for youth confirmation This past Sunday we welcomed our bishop for his annual visitation and for confirmations, which is always a joyous day for our youth confirmands, their families, and their sponsors. I’ve been teaching youth confirmation at St. George’s, Nashville, for six years... Read More...
Am I ready to die? The diagnosis came like a bolt from the blue. As a priest, I have regularly been near death and dying, but I found myself unprepared for the inevitable in my case.
Advent gumbo The work of preparation involves paring or trimming things out of our lives, like using a paring knife to trim the vegetables and cut away the fat from the chicken in a gumbo.
