Go and Weep
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I wrote about this four years ago, but I recently have been reading some
more about the role of weeping in the Orthodox tradition.
Holy persons and holy...
A Purpose-filled Prayer
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John 17:20-26 A Purpose-Filled Prayer
Below is a rough translation and some initial comments regarding John
17:20-26, the gospel reading from the RCL...
Goodbye Training Wheels
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It is like the moment you let go of the bike and see your little one
cycling on their own, witnessing a whole new world of mobility opening an
even bi...
Back on two wheels...
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I was a cyclist long before I was a hillwalker. The reasons for that were
almost entirely practical. Although I have lived my whole adult life in
Scotla...
From Tim Ferris
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From Tim Ferris:
1. Do not answer calls from unrecognized phone numbers
2. Do not e-mail first thing in the morning or last thing at night. The
former...
A Cliffhanger for the Soul
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Pop-quiz, sports fans: what is the longest parable in all of the Gospels?
Yup, that’s right, it’s the one I just read: the Jesus-story usually called
“th...
The World’s Fear Of The Truth-Telling Soul
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God's food for thought.
Don't be surprised when they hate you for speaking God's truth.
The post The World’s Fear Of The Truth-Telling Soul appeared firs...
Doing the dishes so we can spread the Gospel
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We don't spend enough time making the main thing the main thing at General
Convention. But for 90 minutes early one morning, deputies and bishops
gathered ...
God, Grace, and Horses
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To say the past almost two years have been trying is an understatement. We
were living life, and then...
It all stopped. During the pandemic, so much slo...
Bernd Wallet – Archbishop of Utrecht
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After delays because of Covid, Bernd Wallet was finally ordained bishop and
installed as Archbishop of Utrecht in the Old Catholic Church.
Happy Christmas
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Many thanks to all of you who have written inquiring about the silence on
this blog. It seems that after two volumes on silence I have written myself
into ...
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I was searching google images to find the type of steam tractor that one
might find in 1901 for a familial research project and I came across this :
from t...
On Being 80
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oh yes. A new thing. My liver enzymes are up. The result of methotrexate
for 20 years, and leflunomide combined with it, has a high rate leading to
toxic l...