On Fatherhood
Another article I wrote for the Brotherhood of St. Andrew a number of years ago. I think it still holds. This year Father’s Day fell on Trinity Sunday. I joked with my parish during the sermon that I was grateful because it gave me an excuse to focus on one Person of the Trinity, and […]
Evangelism – Through the Gifts of the Spirit
The article below is one that I wrote a long time ago for the Cross, the publication of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. That’s why it’s aimed at “men” and “brothers.” But it’s no less important for having been written that way. The world wasn’t nearly as messy a place when I wrote this as […]
On the Gift of Tongues
Lately, I find myself praying for a new expression of the “gift of tongues.” I received my “prayer language” a number of years ago, and I still find myself “praying in tongues” pretty regularly. Sometimes I seek them out as a way of opening myself to God in prayer, other times they just happen, especially […]
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
A great deal has been written about the sin often called “unpardonable” or “unforgiveable.” Many Christians live in fear of accidentally committing this sin, and being forever condemned to perdition. Others worry that at some point in their past they might have blasphemed the Holy Spirit and are therefore already beyond the reach of God’s […]
How to Read the Bible
A number of years ago, I was a regular contributor to the life of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. I wrote a weekly meditation on the Scriptures, I attended the the national meetings as one of the few clergy present, and I did my best to support our vice-president and then president, Bob Dennis. Because […]
Holy Scripture and the Consecration of Gene Robinson
(It’s a long paper, so here’s a link to the PDF.) A good number of years ago the Episcopal Church consecrated her first openly gay bishop. It caused quite a furor in large segments of the Anglican Communion, and out of that furor came something called “The Windsor Report.” One of the things that the […]
Listen
Listen And the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the […]
