Shards and Shares

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, I’m delighted to be back writing in this space again, and so grateful for our ministry together as well as the space for reflection and time away. Thanks to senior warden Victoria Sundgren and junior

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Shifting Gears, Looking Ahead

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, I’m writing late this week as I get everything ready to leave for vacation. Clergy in the Episcopal Church are blessed with good long chunks of vacation—no three day weekends, but four weeks a year

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Coming Toward Democracy

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, I’ve written several versions of this post trying to get to the bottom of what, exactly, I was doing for my time at Wild Goose Festival last week. Part of the standard clergy employment agreement

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Receiving Grace

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, As you read this I’ll be almost finished with my 900 mile drive south to Hot Springs, North Carolina, home of the Wild Goose Festival, a Thursday through Sunday extravaganza of God, peace, art, music,

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“Get Up, Girl!”

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, This week I’ve continued to watch the events coming out of General Convention in Salt Lake City with a bit more focus. One of the highlights was seeing (now outgoing) Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s

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A Dwelling Place for God

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, This week the wider Episcopal Church begins their ten day General Convention, an every-three-years bonanza of church policy making and community building. On the table this year is a pending change to the canons on

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Remember their Names

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, This Sunday, we’ll hear the story of David and Goliath, a story we all know by heart. David, so young and so small he couldn’t even move trying to wear armor, hit Goliath in the

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A New Take on Being the Body of Christ

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, This week, I had the privilege to sit next to Sister Simone Campbell, keynote speaker at the Episcopal City Mission Annual Dinner. She is the executive director of the Roman Catholic Sisters’ social justice advocacy

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Meditation: Learning to be a Christian, Looking to Eastern Religions

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, Last weekend, I was blessed to join in the Sakadawa Interfaith Celebration at the Kurukulla Center in Medford. The center had invited all of Medford and beyond to join in chanting and prayer for peace

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End of Life Issues Conversation

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Christ Church

Dear People of Christ Church, Tuesday, June 2, I hope you’ll join me for our “end of life issues” conversation. This is the third or fourth year our parish has offered this time, and there just aren’t enough words to

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