Lent Week One-Tuesday Gen. 37:12-24 Psalm 48 1 Cor. 1:20-31 Mark 1:14-28 Growing up as an only child I had no direct experience of sibling rivalry. However, as a mother of four I did see it in action. Like Jacob I probably made many mistakes though none which drove my older children to the point… Continue reading St Marks Lenten Thoughts
A few days ago I opened an old and familiar book that was donated to the Cathedral by the late Terry Coutret, who was something of a mystic and local authority on the inner and spiritual life. She bequeathed her library of Evelyn Underhill works to our library and I have been dipping into them… Continue reading Ivory Towers and Woolly-Heads?
LETTER XVII. Quietness in God our true resource. Warmth of imagination, ardor of feeling, acuteness of reasoning, and fluency of expression, can do but little. The true agent is a perfect abandonment before God, in which we do everything by the light which He gives, and are content with the success which He bestows. This… Continue reading Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain . . .
          Take a moment to open your hymnals to 661. These verses are written by William Alexander Percy, a Mississippian from Greenville, and uncle of the famous Louisiana writer, Walker Percy. Percy is telling us something about the peace that comes from God, and how that peace fills our hearts brimful, and yet breaks our… Continue reading Strife Closed In The Sod
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, the original version, is a movie that our family has gotten to watch perhaps no less than 100 times. It’s one of Benjamin’s favorites. As most of you know, Benjamin is a special needs child, and he finds tremendous joy in various parts of that movie. After you watch… Continue reading Willy Wonka, Pascal, Doubting Thomas, and the Never Ending Story
The Carpenter's Nail 