Where We Started THE STORY OF CHRIST is where we all started from, though we've come so far since then that there are times when you'd hardly know it to listen to us and when we hardly know it ourselves. The story of Christ is what once, somehow and somewhere, we came to Christ through.… Continue reading Where We Started – Buechner
from The Prelude: Book 1: Childhood and School-timeBY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH—Was it for thisThat one, the fairest of all Rivers, lov'dTo blend his murmurs with my Nurse's song,And from his alder shades and rocky falls,And from his fords and shallows, sent a voiceThat flow'd along my dreams? For this, didst Thou,O Derwent! travelling over the green… Continue reading Fair seed-time had my soul
Holy Saturday Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16 Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24 1 Peter 4:1-8Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42 Holy Saturday can sometimes get lost in both our theological imaginations as well as in our Easter preparations. The Saturday before Easter is understandably filled with pressing our best suits, laying out pastel dresses, and maybe even stuffing plastic eggs… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Holy Saturday
Le Baiser rendu (Judas et Satan)-Molin Le Baiser Good Friday Psalm 22 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25 John 18:1-19 Good Friday – The most somber day of the year. Many thoughts. Many emotions. Peter - Jesus labeled him The Rock, on which He will build his Church; Peter, who was with Jesus for his 3-year ministry… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Good Friday
040424-N-7586B-023 Gulf of Oman (April 24, 2004) Ensign Christopher Cole, BoatswainÃs Mate 1st Class (BM1) Surface Warfare (SW) Alfonzo Lucario, Seaman (SN) Joe Smith, Damage Controlman 3rd Class (DC3) Jason Keely and other members of USS Whidbey IslandÃs (LSD 41) Vessel Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) Team huddle up as the command Chaplin says a… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Maundy Thursday
The Carpenter's Nail 