Lamentations 4 – April 3, 2019
Alas. What do we do with a text that has God’s favored suffering so deeply that no religious life remains, no power resides with authority and not even a mother’s love can be… Continue reading
Category Archive: Sr. Scholastica: Struggles with Faith
An Unusual Eucharist
I think some of us do the work of God here on Earth without ever meaning to, and perhaps that is as it should be. An example that comes readily to my mind… Continue reading
Fire and Brimstone
Year C Third Sunday of Advent – Luke 3:7-18 (See full text below) Yesterday, I read in the New York Times that thousands of students will have their student loans forgiven by the… Continue reading
Mad (Libs) for God
I’ll never forget how excited I was the first time I saw a t-shirt that outlines Robin Williams’s reasons why it is “great to be an Episcopalian.” Number nine on the list of… Continue reading
Prayer Modes: Cultivating a Prayerful Life
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Veterans Day 2015 – Thank you for your sacrifice.
My mother joined the Navy when I was 8 years old and after my parents divorced, and she served in the Navy for 16 years. I was reared by my father, and I… Continue reading
Keep Awake
Advent has begun, and the message for the day is “Keep Awake.” I am uncomfortable with the idea of the virgin birth, with Jesus at the right hand of the Father and with… Continue reading
Teacher not Savior
Inspired by Joan While I am surprised it has taken this long, it also seems rather sudden that I am now (finally/already) deciding on seminary. William Faulkner once said, “I never know what I… Continue reading