For over a little more than a decade I have been meeting with a men's Bible study on Wednesdays at lunch. We have covered much scripture and many Christian writers. Recently we have begun reading John C. Lennox, Against The Flow- The Inspiration of Daniel in an Age of Relativism. Lennox is a mountain in… Continue reading Both a Blessed and Irritating Inevitability – John C Lennox
Frederick Buechner - Peace of the Mountain WHEN WE FIRST started living in Vermont all year round in 1967, I was reluctant to believe that it would be our last move and that our house would be the one I would die in, but I have long since concluded that this will probably be the… Continue reading The Imperfection of the Project
First Council of Nicea by V.Surikov (1876) Know the Heretics – Fall Adult Sunday School Class The orthodox Church never took the tame course or accepted the conventions; the orthodox Church was never respectable . . . It is always easier to let the age have its head; the difficult thing is to keep one’s own. — G.… Continue reading Fall 2023 Adult Class – Know The Heretics
Orrente, Pedro; Moses and the Burning Bush; National Trust, Kingston Lacy; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/moses-and-the-burning-bush-100550 I recently took our second child to college and was covered in memories from my own time in school. It was a time of discovering the deep solitude that can be filled with the first true friendship with God; discovering "the other," "Thou,"… Continue reading How have I spent, and with what fruit, so wide a tract of days?
What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves . . . this for him is God. - Origen of Alexandria, 185—254 AD In our congregation, some of us lost a good friend a few years ago - Warren Long MD. Warren had been a pioneering neurosurgeon, as well… Continue reading Time Away
The Carpenter's Nail 