Have you all seen the ATT commercial with Sven? Sven is a giant blonde Swede. We first meet Sven as he is sitting squarely between a sleeping married couple. As they wake up, Sven tells them that the wife’s stocks are up, and the husband’s stocks are down. He tells the husband about all his [...]
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When I went through the ordination process, one of the first steps was to have several meetings of a discernment committee at my parish. My discernment committee at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Richmond was filled with a wonderful variety of parishioners who asked me all sorts of good questions. Mary Horton, a fabulous woman [...]
Easter 7, Year C, 2007
20May07Do you ever have moments during which you realize you’ve been burying your head in the sand? I tend to be a pretty focused person, so when I am consumed by something-such as implementing children’s worship, writing a sermon, or planning a wedding-that is where I keep my focus. This January, at Diocesan Council, I [...]
Easter 6, Year C, 2007
13May07Don’t you love receiving a gift?
Someone hands you a package and first you notice its shape and feel how heavy it is. You admire the gift’s packaging and if you’re polite, you read the card, which expresses the giver’s intent and affection. Finally, after an appropriate period of time has passed, you begin untying bows, [...]
Easter 4, Year C, 2007
29Apr07A few years ago, my favorite show on television was Alias. The premise of the show was this: a young woman graduate student gets recruited by what she thinks is the CIA, only to learn it is actually a nefarious organization. She then goes to the actual CIA and works as a double agent, to [...]
