Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This coming week, Episcopalians from all over the world will gather in our neighboring state of Kentucky for the General Convention, the triennial gathering of the church. For some people, it is a great big festival of the church with excitement and …
A Word: Becoming Great
And the generous dream of GodProper 6B | Mark 4:26-34 It is an odd development—to go from Kings are a terrible idea to I know his heart in just a few chapters. We might be lulled by the excitement for David—and his stature within tradition. Lulled by a sense of exception. That he is …
The Dream of God
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! When we hear Jesus try to explain God’s dream to his followers, it can help remind us that the words we use are always pregnant with possibility—and loaded with the baggage of experience. Jesus’s own descriptor, the Kingdom of God, is a reference to people …
