“Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.” – Ian McLauren aka John Watson. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Perhaps you have heard or used this phrase in your own life; I know that I have. It seems to be all over social media. The contours of… Continue reading The Benefit of The Doubt
Lent Week 2—Tuesday: Psalm 68:1-20 Genesis 42:1-17 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 Mark 3:19-35 My father used to tell me about a childhood friend he had had and loved. They walked to school together, they played ball together, they rode their bikes all over that small Georgia county in the early 1920s of their youth. This boy… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Lent Week 1—Monday Psalm 52 Genesis 37:1-11 1 Cor 1:1-19 Mark 1:3 What is Lent all about, anyway? Why do we give up our pleasures, and why do we take on new burdens? What should I expect to get out of it, besides a twitch every time I pass over a… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose.” Luke 13:32 Jesus is unshaken by the Pharisees warning of Herod’s plan… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Perhaps your experience was something like mine of growing up in religion. I was raised to have a sense that a religious life was something part family, part duty, part social life, part time alone, all generally arranged as a menagerie of “externals.” That part of our conversation with God involving “I” was generally taken… Continue reading Finding A Door
The Carpenter's Nail 