The Evangelist
What Happens During the Season of Lent?
THE FRIDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK IN LENT marks the midpoint of the season. This is a time when Lenten disciplines become tedious, and also a time when we can begin to think about Easter. The tediousness of discipline is precisely the point. Lent teaches us to persevere until the end. It ...
Why I am at St. Matthew's Church
I read with interest Father Scarlett's epistle on evangelism's role in the Anglican Catholic Church. As someone relatively new to St. Matthew's, I'll share some random observations about my own growth of faith, and the ultimate decision to become a member of this church. The church website was my ...
Some Thoughts on Church Growth and Evangelism in the Anglican Catholic Church
Introduction. Archbishop Haverland has commissioned us to begin an American initiative to promote the growth of our churches and the planting of new churches. The intent is for this complement our mission efforts in other countries. The issue to be addressed. Some Anglican Catholic churches are ...
While the Music Lasts
Some thoughts on the art of Arvo Pärt For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in a shaft of sunlight, The wild thyme unseen, or the winter lightning Or the waterfall, or the music heard so deeply That it is not heard at ...
Fantasy Faith
The Fantastic or Mythical is a Mode available at all ages for some readers; for others, at none. At all ages, if it is well used by the author and meets the right reader, it has the same power: to generalize while remaining concrete, to present in palpable form not concepts or even ...
Palm Dualities
Had it been me,I would have argued and defended and persuaded,then possibly cursed, as is my wont, when things go wrong.He answered not a word, such that the governor marveled greatly.I would have bitched and moaned and carried onto the point of embarrassment, most likely.He was led like a lamb to ...
Terza Rima - Trinitas
A rhyme in three – a perfect form to writeabout the holy trinity; and ho-ly week the perfect time, both dark and bright. ‘Twas holy week two thousand years agoin which the triune God lost one of three;on Friday Good the middle said he’d go away in isolation on a ...
[Smoke Hangs Indistinct Amid the Fog]
Smoke hangs indistinct amid the fogThat slips along the streets of thisMy one-time home.It is too dark to be the hourThat presently sounds from distant mission bells.The Poet’s words sound silently,Indifferently in my mind’s ear:“Since we have not learnedHow not to ...
The Train Station
A stairway brought me here:A never closing station, a platformWithout fences, without rails,But a faded yellow line…A bridge with glass to stopI know not what. Memory is this bridgebetween two fixed points I cannot see. Lights in the darkFade as quickly as they comeUnmaking the world in ...
Deciding to Trust
The Marions were happy to see 2009 go. The last half of the year was a blur. First there was Al’s broken and re-broken bone, then Vallee’s traumatic accident just a week and a half after returning from Workcamp. Looking back, it is hard to imagine how we made it through, but by the ...