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From the Rector April 4 |
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It happened in the dark. Because we tell the story of the morning, the dawn fresh with dew and the stone rolled back, we might forget it happened in the dark. Already, when the women and then Peter came at daybreak to the tomb, it was empty. God did not wait for dawn. This is not a story about how day follows night, how winter yields to spring. This is the story of what God does in the dark.
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From the Rector March 28 |
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Two parades enter Jerusalem that day. From the east comes the one we recognize - the procession of Jesus and his followers from Bethany, two miles away. And from the west, from Caesarea Maritima comes the governor's military procession, entering with a show of strength designed to overcome any idea of insurrection among the patriots gathering for the Passover.
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From The Rector March 14 |
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"What does it mean?" When something new appears, something we haven't seen before, we naturally want to know what its appearance means. And so, the pristine robe that began in the sanctuary on the first Sunday in Lent, and is moving down the nave as it becomes more dirtier and more ragged, has people asking the question.
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Trinity College convocation - May 2009 |
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Chancellor Peterson, Chancellor Graham, Provost Orchard, Archbishop Peers, Provost-Emeritus Delworth, Fellows and Faculty of the College, graduates, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
It was with delight that I received an invitation to contribute to this evening's celebration, and with gratitude that I stand in your company:
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The Ministry of the Church in the Mission of God (2) |
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So, what is God's mission, God's action in the world for the sake of the world, and how might the church encourage and prepare its members to participate in that action? To begin, we turn to Jesus' proclamation of the Kingdom of God as both a present reality and a future hope. In both Matthew and Mark, the first act of Jesus public ministry is a call to repent (turn around) and enter the Kingdom of God, which has "come near". In both cases, Jesus first hears this call to repent and inhabit the Kingdom of God from his cousin John, before John baptizes him. For Jesus, baptism was baptism into the service of God's mission. In his baptism by John, he embraces the purpose to which God calls him, as in our baptism we embrace the purpose to which God calls us, expressed in the Baptismal Covenant.
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